{"id":217,"date":"2018-10-30T11:14:48","date_gmt":"2018-10-30T11:14:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/witnessingruinsofprogress.climateactionchildhood.net\/?p=217"},"modified":"2019-02-13T16:21:32","modified_gmt":"2019-02-13T16:21:32","slug":"working-with-charcoal-and-paper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/witnessingruinsofprogress.climateactionchildhood.net\/index.php\/2018\/10\/30\/working-with-charcoal-and-paper\/","title":{"rendered":"Working with Charcoal and Paper"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

My relationship with charcoal is one of\nindifference. As much as I adore stirring the hot coals in a bonfire, boxed-up\nuniform artists\u2019 charcoal for me leaves something to be desired. I sat back,\ncommitted to observing the toddlers as they confronted this new material in\ntheir space. As I watched, I started to make marks with the broken bits of\ncharcoal that had scattered across the paper. I found myself distracted by the\nmovement of the little bodies all around me. Distracted in a good way\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I began to attend to the physicality of the experience\u2014the energy shifts, the varying density of the marks they left behind on the paper. Afterwards, I looked at the paper and there were definite dark patches interspersed with trickles of lighter marks and trails of smudges. I started to think about how we walk together on the path adjacent to the forest. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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When we find something of interest on the path, a crowd forms and energy lifts. Eventually, the little bodies disperse, trailing off to investigate on their own. Without a doubt, another \u201ccrowd\u201d moment is just around the corner, followed by more muted experiences. The marks that the toddlers left on the paper became very symbolic of the energy that I feel exists when we walk together. In my mind, I equate this to fireworks\u2026 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fireworks<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Like\nfireworks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Energy<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hot and\nfocused<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brief<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then\ndissipates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Like\nfireworks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Attention<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Intense\nand passionate<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Radiates<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then\nfades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Like\nfireworks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Flicker\nand flash<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Independent\npaths<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reunite\nin booms of concentrated energy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Explosive\nbursts<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Give\nlight to a million sparks<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To\nwander once again on their own<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Like\nfireworks trail across the night sky.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

My relationship with charcoal is one of indifference. As much as I adore stirring the hot coals in a bonfire, boxed-up uniform artists\u2019 charcoal for me leaves something to be desired. I sat back, committed to observing the toddlers as they confronted this new material in their space. As I watched, I started to make marks with the broken bits of charcoal that had scattered across the paper. I found myself distracted by the movement of the little bodies all around me. Distracted in a good way\u2026 I began to attend to the physicality of the experience\u2014the energy shifts, the varying density of the marks they left behind on the paper. Afterwards, I looked at the paper and there were definite dark patches interspersed with trickles of lighter marks and trails of smudges. I started to think about how we walk together on the path adjacent to the forest. When we find something of interest on the path, a crowd forms and energy lifts. Eventually, the little bodies disperse, trailing off to investigate on their own. Without a doubt, another \u201ccrowd\u201d moment is just around the corner, followed by more muted experiences. The marks that the toddlers left on the paper became very symbolic of the energy that I feel exists when we walk together. In my mind, I equate this to fireworks\u2026 Fireworks Like fireworks. Energy Hot and focused Brief Then dissipates. Like fireworks. Attention Intense and passionate Radiates Then fades. Like fireworks. Flicker and flash Independent paths Reunite in booms of concentrated energy. Explosive bursts Give light to a million sparks To wander once again on their own Like fireworks trail across the night sky.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":297,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,7],"tags":[16,5],"class_list":["post-217","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-materials","category-tracks-tracings","tag-charcoal","tag-materiality"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/witnessingruinsofprogress.climateactionchildhood.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/witnessingruinsofprogress.climateactionchildhood.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/witnessingruinsofprogress.climateactionchildhood.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/witnessingruinsofprogress.climateactionchildhood.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/witnessingruinsofprogress.climateactionchildhood.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=217"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/witnessingruinsofprogress.climateactionchildhood.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":296,"href":"https:\/\/witnessingruinsofprogress.climateactionchildhood.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217\/revisions\/296"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/witnessingruinsofprogress.climateactionchildhood.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/297"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/witnessingruinsofprogress.climateactionchildhood.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/witnessingruinsofprogress.climateactionchildhood.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=217"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/witnessingruinsofprogress.climateactionchildhood.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}