Creative Symbolism

Creative Symbolism workshop ran by the Belconnen Arts Centre

Number the following shapes in order from your most favourite to your least: 

2. Plus Sign    

4. Square        

5. Triangle     

3. Circle         

1. Spiral

These shapes are the five universal symbols. 

What do they mean to you? 

What words come to mind when you think of these shapes? 

1. Spiral - Flow and consistency

2. Plus Sign - Multiple ideas

3. Circle - Friendship and loyalty, as well as the sun (warmth and direction)

4. Square - Being put in a box

5. Triangle - Structure

Here is the key to your universal symbol survey: 

Whichever symbol you listed first, your favourite, symbolizes WHAT YOUR GOAL IS RIGHT NOW. 

Your second favourite symbolizes your HIDDEN STRENGTH.  

Your third favourite symbolizes WHAT YOU WANT YOUR GOAL TO BE.

Your fourth favourite symbolizes WHAT YOU ARE CONSCIOUSLY IGNORING. 

Your fifth favourite symbolizes WHAT YOU ARE CONSCIOUSLY IGNORING. 

There is a reason we are more attracted to certain shapes that others. It is part of our personality! 

The Choice

Two men are sitting next to each other on a train.

One man says to the other, ‘Where are you going?'

‘I don’t know,’ the man responds. ‘I was put here.’

‘What do you mean you were put here?’ the other man asks.

‘I was put here on this earth, three days ago. Weren’t you put here too?’

‘No, I was born here. How did you get here?’

‘I don’t know.’

‘Where were you before then?’

‘I don’t remember.’

Both men are equally as confused as each other. The man who was born here thinks everyone was born here, and the man who was put here thinks everyone was put here.

The man who was put here is then given a choice – to stay in this world as it is, or to go back where he came from... wherever that may be.

What choice would you make?

Now to pitch my idea to movie directors... *gets on phone, dials... ‘Hello, Spielberg?’

Animal Art - Digital Drawing

Digital Drawing workshop with Alice Oehr at Art Camp 2019

 

Roses Are Red, Blueberries Are Blue

Such a fun morning learning how to decorate cupcakes with Flour & Frost! 

It was tricky at first, but now piping is my friend! 

Roes are red

Blueberries are blue

Add some pink hydrangeas

Now they're ready for you! 

Learning To Let Go With Marble Painting

The process of marble painting allows you let go of control and go with the flow. You can't completely plan what the painting will end up looking like, as the inks naturally mix with the water and do their own thing. The result often ends up being a little different to your originally desired outcome - in which lays the beauty of the art technique. Let it surprise, frustrate and delight you! 

Like Birds Of A Feather...

Collage creation with Beci Orpin at Frankie Art Camp 2019

The phrase 'Birds of a feather' meaning: People having similar characters, backgrounds, interests, or beliefs (birds which have the same kind of feathers). The saying refers to the fact that birds congregate with birds of their own species. 

This couldn't be a more accurate description of my time at Art Camp - all the Art nerds hanging out together in one place, doing what we love - creating!  

Cutting and pasting almost complete, I looked down and just happened to notice a small white feather on the floor, which ended up being the perfect finishing touch for my collage.