Looking through the eyes of the child
This week I decided to try to reawaken my sense; curiosity and awareness. I am currently reading Curtis and Carter book “The art of awareness” and love their “homework tasks”.
SO…
- I collected all the leaves, tomatoes and berries in my garden
- I placed them on the table and looked at them carefully.
- First I noticed how unique they are… Some are shiny, others are not so much. I tried to pile them up and make a mandala; line them up, stack them up. Some tomatoes and berries were squished 🙂
- I also tried to send the leaves to fly and float in the air.
All these attempts made me realise that I love playing with leaves, that’s why I always bring them to kinder and use them as a natural addition to all the tools and toys I have in the room. I found the sense of flow while playing with leaves and berries, some sense of freedom and child-like rigour to explore. I think I did not really lose it, as I consider myself pretty fascinated by nature in general. What I lacked though is the descriptive language for colours, sounds of leaves.
Share your experiences with nature and natural resources. Do you use them in your practice?
