Mark Making: Portal to Imagination An experimental, informal gathering to re-introduce ourselves to markmaking materials and the experiences they evoke. The group will meet for six sessions, free of charge. We will convene on Zoom, 4-5:30 Pacific Time, on Sunday afternoons…
From G.K The mark-making classes have provided pleasure and growth for me in several domains. It was a joy to be exposed to art materials and to have a time and space for making marks, a form of play that…
One of our participants in the mark making course sent this poem from Marie Howe as a response to taking the course. We thank her heartily for sending such a heartfelt response. Annunciation Even if I don’t see it again-…
Giving in to the deep attraction of sleep…the body releasing into its soft and indistinct depths, with joy and trust…the darkness of sleep, soft and glimmering
Last night in our markmaking class we explored making marks that re-define, that limit, that show discernment and nuance… First, we each sat in contemplation of a value, or a tradition, that we had once loyally embraced…We sensed into its…
…as we wander into that free zone of making marks—marks that don’t “make sense, marks that our habitual thinking can’t quite tame—we begin to notice some of the marks in our world…the handprint on glass…scratches in the soil…an array of…
Mark Making for People Who Can’t Draw An experimental, informal gathering to re-introduce ourselves to markmaking materials and the experiences they evoke. Six sessions, free of charge. We will convene via Zoom, 4 – 5:30 pm Pacific Time, on Mondays…
In a recent Level Two Markmaking class, we reached inwardly toward a strongly-held value or commitment, picking up a large bush and swathing ink across large papers to respond to what we found. At our subsequent session, we revisited this…
Preparing gleaming surfaces, their light such joy to the hungry eye… gold has been used for centuries with cinnabar and lapis to speak of awe.