Last evening I attended a workshop facilitated by Emma Bresola and Melissa Centofanti. It was a wide open creative experience after a brief viewing of the artist-facilitators’ exemplars and hearing about the possibilities. The give-back to the community was a response to the recent exhibit of Emma and Melissa’s own art books in the Tiny Galleries situated throughout Bridgeland. It was a fantastic night of creating!
I went with the specific intent of finding continued healing. With the anniversary of Mom’s passing, I find I am needing to create objects as a way of both journeying my grief and celebrating Mom’s life. Something so tactile and open-ended as the small books, allowed for that possibility. The session flew by. I am grateful for the expertise and guidance of both Melissa and Emma.
From the Bridgeland Community Center, I zipped out to look at one of the Tiny Galleries before the wind started howling and the weather changed. A beautiful evening!
In connection with this, I strongly recommend that my readers take opportunity to view the PBS film, Objects and Memory. This film really spoke to me and as various experiences of loss or destruction confront members of our society, it makes sense that we naturally memorialize through our objects. I felt this happening as I created my small book.
