'Artists are visionaries. We routinely practice a form of faith, seeing clearly and moving toward a creative goal that shimmers in the distance-often visible to us, but invisible to those around us. Difficult as it is to remember, it is the work that creates the market, not the market that creates our work. Art is an act of faith, and we practice practicing it. Sometimes we are called on pilgrimages on its behalf and, like many pilgrims, we doubt the call even as we answer it. But answer we do.'
I am doing this from a distance, with a group of gifted actors, writers, directors, singers, musicians who meet in New Jersey every Wednesday night. We are up to Chapter 7. Chapter 7 is titled, 'Recovering a Sense of Connection'. At the end of every chapter are weekly tasks. This week, one of the 10 tasks was to create a collage. This is right up my alley!!! Julia notes that this is of her her student's favorite exercises. The goal is to make it autobiographical...include your past, present and future, and your dreams. It is okay to include images you simply like. I looked at the previous 2 collages which I created and thought about posting them, but I really love the way this one came out. This is an exercise I should do more than once every 5 years!!
