My friend Katherine shared some photos with me.
It is a fragment of a fascinating lifetime (and a journal) I was delighted to hear (and see)
Below is her (very short) description:
I've taught art in a remote, rural school in Bududa, Uganda; where, with no water, paints or art teacher, it was a first!
The kids jumped right in - along with some chickens and villagers - and loved it. Their zany, colorful work was a joy! I left them with a school exhibit and, to my horror, when I returned the next year, they said the director had thrown them all out!
I find lots of these amazing, and it is hard to believe they are first time.
Even though there are much more than usual, I suggest you take the time to look at them one by one, see the symmetry, the facial expressions, The black and whites, the colors, and mainly (since I adore the process...) look at the kid's expressions (especially when not looking at the camera).
Hope you enjoy it at least half as much as I do.
Till nextime!
(and I put some of my thoughts as titles, ignore them, if you like, they are not part of Katherine's story, but my reflections)
me.
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| Amazing graceful postures! |
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Blue cow under green sun
(and see how the grass it eats gets mixed in its belly) |
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| Snake in the grass? |
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| Pink teacher? yellow student? |
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| See the drawings on the floor, see the light source, are they allowed to get the tables dirty? |
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| See the symmetry, the paper was folded in two. |
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| The smile on the left is well worth the effort. |
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| Sitting on a zebra? |
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| What'cha hidin behind yer back? |
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| Sad stare |
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| This guy looks familiar |
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| Is she pregnant? |
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| Holy cow! look at the legs, back, The red pink and black spots, and the blue horns. |
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| I've heard of big bugs, but this is ridiculous |
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| This must be the teacher |
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| This is not an umbrella |
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| This is not a leaf |
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| Definitely a shirt. |
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| Triangular sunset |
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| Some look at their work, some at other's |
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| Half white, half gray face. |
