Why 37days?

IMG01060 I drove last night to Cullowhee, North Carolina, to read for the third time to N.C. school teachers attending retreats at the NC Center for the Advancement of Teaching (NCCAT). They are among my favorite crowds because TEACHERS COMPLETELY AND TOTALLY ROCK.

IMG01054IMG01056 Last night, there were two seminar groups who attended the reading–asking some of the best questions I've ever been asked and laughing and enduring my long rambling story about reading Sam Keen in college and sending a letter to him yesterday like a lovestruck teenager and much more. I wandered into one of the classrooms afterward–a week-long class on visual journals being taught by David Modler and Eric Scott. IMG01055

 Wow. I immediately wanted to sit down and join the class and make art.

IMG01058 IMG01059 And so, for today's found-art tuesday, the art I found there. How are we documenting and learning from our lives, our days? How can image inform words and words inform image? (I was further excited because we will doing just this kind of visual journaling at our workshop in Italy next fall–creating our own personal "atlas" and geography.) IMG01061

(The last photo is of Eric's notes from my talk there)IMG01063 

  • http://queen-of-arts.blogspot.com/ Kim Mailhot

    Anything celebrating teachers gets a huge bravo from me ! They make an art out of teaching and learning everyday !

  • jylene

    oh man, now i REALLY want to come to italy with you!

  • Brenda

    NCCAT’s mission is amazing! If the visual journaling class inspired you, you should check out Heather Allen-Swarttouw’s classes at BookWorks in Asheville. They’re amazing, and her method of non-linear journaling nourishes my practice.

  • http://www.journalfodderjunkies.com Eric Scott

    Patti,

    I wanted to thank you again for stopping by our seminar room and seeing what we were up to. We all greatly enjoyed your reading and the opportunity to meet you. And a huge thank you for giving us a shout out on your blog. We are out to spread the power of the visual journal, and appreciate any help along the way.

    Eric and Dave, the Journal Fodder Junkies

 
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