MINDFUL MEANDER
MINDFUL MEANDER
Art, Mind and Soul was a celebration of the link between creativity and wellbeing. We invited visitors to take part in our Mindful Meander as they walked around Woodstock.
We created a series of prompts throughout the journey aimed at encouraging slow looking, creating space for people to pause for a moment and connect with our work through the senses.
As a collective we recognise the positive impact our creative practices have on our wellbeing and hoped that we could share some of this with visitors.
As you meander as asked ‘can you discover’:
5 things that you can see that inspire or interest you?
4 things that you can imagine the texture of against your skin?
3 things that if you could turn up the volume on a work of art you would hear?
2 things that conjure up a smell in your mind?
1 thing that excited your taste buds?
Here are a few examples:
Mary Blackshaw
Mary Blackshaw has created a miniature Woodstock for you to build yourself.
Take a moment and you’ll find some of our local residents.
Imagine you could stop and chat to them- what do you think they’d say?
Look closely, what small details can you see?
Close your eyes and imagine the sounds of Woodstock you might hear?
Jane Greer
Jane has created these portraits out of her sitters’ favourite ice-cream from Alfonso Gelato.
As she paints, Jane can smell the ice cream.
What flavour of ice cream would you ask Jane to paint you in?
How does the ice cream feel on your tongue?
Can you imagine how the ice cream feels if you were to move it across the canvas with a brush?
Jennifer Taylor
Jennifer depicts local scenes of Old Woodstock in some of her work.
Can you find the tall Hollyhocks that are swaying in the field. Imagine you’re taking a walk along this path.
Can you hear the insects and small creatures who live here and the sound of rustling leaves?
Can you smell the Hollyhocks and they dance in the breeze in front of you?
Imagine you take your shoes off – how does the ground feel under your feet?