I walked back into the classroom and saw the red flower painting. The marks that had built up last week had dried and had an alive feel to them. Nivarna had created a grounding for something. She was back again this week to help out with purple. There was no erasure or leaving just SWOT. Sailing, Water, Over Trying, Gettingthere.
Luckily I had brought the frame with so I could make the flower painting look good. I had it over my holder like a hooler hoop and when I popped it on the two mandalas began to work like a set. They both had the same frame. Next to the calmer greener one it looked good. I bit more wild, finished solo to keep up with the first one.
Today was the purple and it happen on all levels. I started the mandala by rubbing the wooden disk cut for the work and a girl came in. She wanted to join and jump in with paint. I said why not try draw a plan first. She started to draw a mandala and I approved. She needed my approval to keep on the job.
The people were coming in now so I got the purple paint out and the mandala got started. As soon as I asked her to draw on the wood board she said how? All that planning on paper. She got it right because she kept on trying. It was a messy session as Nirvanah found the purple powder paint and started dusting it around the room. She didn’t clean it up very well, not fit enough.
When the mandala was finished the learners were happy. They got me some water from down stairs. I cleaned the classroom as I am fitter. I know how to take on a task and finish it. It seems a very simple thing but it takes something. I handed my exhibition invites out for the end of the year show. I have been hanging at the Ottery Community centre for about 2 years so I hope there will be some shows. I am not sure if I should put Kelsey’s drawing up as she signed it and then walked in to the class and said she wasn’t called Kelsey, Strange Days.