Well, as that apart, it was a bright sunny day as the english people would have mentioned. Weather here plays a intersting role in almost everything around life. You kind of plan your activities around a sunny day possibly because the suuny days are a rare event here in London. I waited like a small baby..excited and energtic for what was instore for me.
The hall was divided to four sections- Playdough section, Mix media, Painting and Ice balloons. Something in me said I would be doing something more than creative arts today. Well, to begin with we discussed what all games we played when we were kids ( not that I believe I have grown up still :P). I did walk down the memry lane as I had put it to the organisor of the workshop. I remembered the games i played and things I did. My childhood was no different from others as the other mothers in the session had pretty much the same kind of stuff to talk about. We also emphasised on the fact that our kids are more on video games (something I totally dislike). Infact that whole discussion brought back to me the different games I could play with Abhi. The session lasted for a while because everyone was so very nostalgic. intersting enough though was the fact that all most all of us who came from different parts of the world played games which were almost the same except the objects used to play the game. somebody mentioned about the marble game which sounded like a mix of golf and bowling. So I guess as we get older we try to mordenise our games as well.
Now it was time to get creative and so each of us moved to the section of our interest. I chose the Mix Media while others were either painting or learning to make play dough. Mix Media, let the name not misguide you is nothing but creating anything from things we would otherwise dispose like straws, paper plates, plastics plates.. almost any such junk as they call it. I had in hand some nets in different colour, straws, chocolate wrappers etc.. For me since I love doing creative stuff there was almost a buzz in my mind full of ideas.. I obviously couldnt create all of them. Anyways I ended up making flower out of the net with a straw stem and made two dolls with the chocolate wrappers. This was taught to me by mom when I was a kid..I never ever thought I would put it to use ever in life but I did. The Lady who organised was particularly interested in the dolls i made with the chocolate wrapper. She was with me throughout the process only to see how it was made and she also happened to mention that she never thought something could be created out of them. Minds work different at different times. I also learnt how human mind works.. Sometimes you are an end product person.. who knows what he or she is expecting to do in the process and so if we don't acheive the end product its kind of taxing visavis there is the river kind person who goes with the flow.. who would make endless effort to make something or the other. The world doesn't end if u dont make what you had actually planned to make. Life becomes easier and less taxing
Coming back to the session, it ws now time to get all the things I made into one frame.. so I kind of created a scene of 2 girls walking down the woods to collect flowers. Human mind at work..while I didnt derieve much from what I had made the lady who organised could almost see a story hidden behind the picture. Sometimes you don't see the finer things of life..you dont see there is lot more to talk about than you think there is...there is lot more to think about than u think u do. I guess its a barrier within the brain which kind of puts full stop almost everytime. We finally played with some play dough and created something while talking about.. our kids. The whole session was something I enjoyed throughly.
It reminded me of the child in me..and like my husband says.. if u be a child with your child things are less complicated..it gets easier to be a part of thier life because they are less demanding. Another wonderful day coming to an end but I still feel I have loads to talk about this day :)..
