Talking and Collaging

Had a pleasant conversation with my collage buddies. You can learn so much from peoples collages. I love listening to whatever comes up about their lives az they do mines. I really get tickled by the mothers, fathers,aunts, guardians etc. who assist their child in collage shifting through the various pictures and words. They all turn into big kids having fun forgetting about whatever brought them to court. And the best part iz they get to take their artworks with them and see them when they have doubts on how creative and how much fun they can be and have just being themselves.

Collaging with the kiddies at Free Arts for Abused Children

Glue sticks, colored construction paper, heart stickies, cats, dogs, smiling people, expansive waterfalls and blue colored grass made my morning today. When I collage with the kiddies their are no worries, no to do list, no thoughts of not enoughness becuz I am so full of life, love and creative ju ju juice. A young girl about 13 years old collaged and shared her inner world with me. How although she had 5 brothers and sisters she was alone, how she liked to write poetry, play in a band and just be herself. Life seemed complicated for her in a lot of ways, but she was figuring it out along the way. How in the mist of the chaos she could express her unique gifts and be happy no matter what. As she was leaving she handed me the collage, Here this is for you. On pink construction paper she had written statements like, "Lean on me" Treat others with respect" and "Tender Loving Care after TLC her favorite girl group. Volunteering here is a gift for my soul that I get to open up time and time again and be totally amazed and inspired by.