Andy Goldsworthy
As I am heading into the final weeks of my amazing 2 year Masters of Education in Curriculum and Instruction: Health Education and Active Living, I am reminded of the richness of my classes.
I fell in love with Andy Goldsworthy's work when Celeste Snowber shared it early on in our Embodiment and Curriculum Inquiry course.
Finding meaning from lived experience, phenomenology, is kicked up a notch to finding meaning from living experience. In order to do this, I have to embody the experience. To embody anything, I need to be in touch with my mind, my body, my senses and my spirit. Another way to imagine this is described by mindfulness - a paying attention to the event, for example listening, and amping up my focus on it. I find it very enjoyable to centre on being here, in my body, fully aware of what my senses are taking in and how my body, my breath, my mind is responding to everything.
I did this a few months ago, walking through Costco on a busy afternoon. What a riot to focus on what I was seeing and hearing! Instead of floating around in a numb and robotic state, searching for everything I wanted to buy, I paid attention to the people around me, the sounds, the energy. It was very pleasant. It certainly made my shopping trip much more enjoyable!
Onward and upward!!!
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