Hannah proudly displays Our Bird HouseJust about everybody in our Creative Workshop had a hand in the painting of this prebuilt bird house.
Even with all the help it took several sessions to complete--partly because of necessary drying time between processes and partly because of limited work time.
But these necessary delays made the final completion of the bird house that much more of a triumph--a small triumph maybe but still a real triumph for us.
Maybe the time passing between coats of paint and so forth helps the younger members understand more about patience--and it may help the older members remember their own impatient days.
I see such a difference in attitude between the young and the old.
For the young visitors--everything is new. Everything seems possible. All they need is to grow up and learn more about how to do things and they seem positive that life is good and getting better.
They go home after the workshop period often thrilled with their accomplishments and excited about the possibility that next session will be even better--besides their teeth are fine, their eyesight is keen and everything about their bodies is healthy and well and their memories are so complete they never even think about forgetting anything--in fact they feel so good they don't have a care about any bodily thing!
For the aged care home residents--they have experienced so much that even new things are not so very new and they sadly realize that things will probably never get any better but will only get worse until they finish with this life. Their teeth--if they have any--are a problem. Their eyesight is poor--even with glasses. Their bodies are a constant source of aches, pains and large and small breakdowns --and sometimes they can't seem to remember anything at all.
I feel very fortunate to have the company of these very young and these very old people together often in my life now as we practice creative arts--together.
Even with all the help it took several sessions to complete--partly because of necessary drying time between processes and partly because of limited work time.
But these necessary delays made the final completion of the bird house that much more of a triumph--a small triumph maybe but still a real triumph for us.
Maybe the time passing between coats of paint and so forth helps the younger members understand more about patience--and it may help the older members remember their own impatient days.
I see such a difference in attitude between the young and the old.
For the young visitors--everything is new. Everything seems possible. All they need is to grow up and learn more about how to do things and they seem positive that life is good and getting better.
They go home after the workshop period often thrilled with their accomplishments and excited about the possibility that next session will be even better--besides their teeth are fine, their eyesight is keen and everything about their bodies is healthy and well and their memories are so complete they never even think about forgetting anything--in fact they feel so good they don't have a care about any bodily thing!
For the aged care home residents--they have experienced so much that even new things are not so very new and they sadly realize that things will probably never get any better but will only get worse until they finish with this life. Their teeth--if they have any--are a problem. Their eyesight is poor--even with glasses. Their bodies are a constant source of aches, pains and large and small breakdowns --and sometimes they can't seem to remember anything at all.
I feel very fortunate to have the company of these very young and these very old people together often in my life now as we practice creative arts--together.
Tomasito
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