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NO NEED FOR WORDS.
Over the last few years I have been working with people,using art as therapy in cases where little communication is possible, due , either to a medical condition but primarilly though a language barier , in Africa for example.
The spoken language can be a drawback if you can’t explain what you mean ,or alternatively cannot discuss what they mean.
Here however is a simple formula that I have found usefull and you may hopefully do so also.
Place a very large piece of white paper on the floor, the particpants each have a piece of charcoal……the rougher the better ( these are usually direct from the fire and home made)
I suggest drawing as aggressively as possible , simple so that there less stress and a “no holds barred” situation permits expression without judgement.
If the charcoal breaks , so much the better.
Once the participants( for want of a better word) have all drawn their bit, we now use our hands to spread the charcoal as much as possible, literally rubbing it into the paper.
Shapes will invariable appear.
It is now a large and messy abstarct , each person circles the area they sellect to work on.
We then tear their bit out.
Ths creation is a loose approach with a variety of inputs, nothing is infact precious and each person has his own”bit’ but its not necesarilly what they initially intended .
By compeleting their bit of work , they see options and choices which they would have avoided….this creating a simple and direct appraoch , teaching them to share and jointly participate.
Once we are all satisfied that we have completed their ” bit” it is then passed onto the next person and so on.
Finally we stick all the shapes back together.
Makes for interesting collective abstracts.
lee du ploy (hong kong)