Oct
6
Community Poetry
Posted by: lmairs | October 6, 2010 | 2 Comments
The season has come for wordsmiths to wander about Woodhaven and add their meandering thoughts to the community poetry in the park. Nancy Holmes, head of Creative & Critical Studies at UBCO, has installed a sturdy weatherproof packet against the upright post of the information board in the parking lot. It is filled with bits of paper, on them are written one or two sentences to contemplate while walking the trails. Pencils are provided and when you’re done, the notes can be dropped in the mailbox at the entrance to the park. Nancy will pick up her “mail” and weave your words into a poem that will be presented at our Fall Project opening October 24th.
Above is photo of Rose and Maureen selecting a sentence to ponder. These women (along with others) recently spent an afternoon at Woodhaven making spontaneous contour line drawings and paintings as part of a workshop with Lisa Lipsett from Salt Spring Island. Lisa was in town to facilitate a two day workshop called Creative by Nature, the basis of which is that creativity and nature go hand in hand with personal well being. Woodhaven is a natural for this type of activity.
On Tuesday the following week, Karen Close brought her eight week Sage-ing in Creative Spirit group for a similar exercise, contemplation in nature and contour line drawings. The drawings were magnificent! The women in this group also made a contribution to the Community Poem. What a wonderful combination, mindful observation, spontaneous drawings and poetry.
Make a contribution to the Community Poem now so Nancy can pull it all together by October 24th for our Fall Projects opening day, 1:30-4:30 at 4711 Raymer Road.
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Hi Lori
It was a wonderful afternoon for the SLR Society for Learning in Retirement group led by Karen Close for Sage-ing with Creative Spirit. None of us knew what that meant exactly but I feel I am beginning to get a handle on it: quiet and mindful observation to see the natural sculptures in the woods is an eye-opener and a good start 🙂
p.s Thank you so much for guiding us on our walk through the park and for giving so generously of your time.
Best to you
Donna 🙂