The word of week is space!
I believe that we need to find happiness, love and peace every single day. The camp that I go to is a safe environment that you can be yourself and it emphasizes; to be true to yourself. Camp is welcoming, fun, lively and everyone is accepted in this small community. Camp to me is like another world, it helps you to escape from the stress, drama and the world we live in every day. From my experience at camp, I try to bring this environment into the real world. It reminds people to look at the world positively and make every day the best that they can. I think it is extremely important to have fun, for everyone to feel they are unique and feel they can make a difference in the world. I believe that sometimes in life there are things that we can not control that affects us negatively. In this situation you have to find something that will take you away for a few minutes to allow you to be happy, feel loved and that there is peace. I can not be at camp all year round, so I ensure that I recognize how to make every day unique and special. I bring music, laughter, creativity, being around people and being active into my regular routine to make happiness, love and peace. I think the world would be a better place if we looked at life positively, because you never know what is around the corner, you have to live each day to the fullest potential.
I decided to make a world of happiness, love and peace by using a balloon and paper mache to resemble my world. I then used pictures from the camp that I go to because the camp environment has had a large influence on why I am the person I am today.
I think this collage represents a great use of space. There is no empty space on 'my world'. The collage represents positive space, the world is filled with colour and great detail. (Schirrmacher & Fox, 2009, p. 143) Some of the pictures are over lapping one another and the pictures are used with a random selection where they are placed but create the 'world' that looks visually appealing. (Schirrmacher & Fox, 2009, p. 143) I had to ensure when I was creating the collage that I kept in mind where the pictures were placed so that there would not be left over space at the end or not enough room for all the pictures that I selected. When using the aspect of space, there are many considerations to remember (Schirrmacher & Fox, 2009, p. 136)
This “My World with Scissors” is a great activity for any age group. My envisioned world would include; everyone to be included and accepted, that each individual has a great time and that everyone cares for one another. Camp is the closest place that all of these qualities are present. I use my camp experience to help others. This would be a great activity to use in a classroom. Children would bring pictures in from home that are special to them and would make their world a better place. The children would use scissors to cut the pictures, so that they would be able to fit the pictures on their world. My theme was happiness; I was more specific and used pictures from a place that resembled happiness. The children could be very creative. The children would make their world with a balloon and paper mache (need to make paper into strips for the paper mache) and then use a collage with their pictures. This would allow them to realize how the world can be a better place to live, by recognizing things that are important to them.
I thoroughly enjoyed making 'My World' because I feel passionate that peace, happiness and love can be found in many situations. I have always loved pictures because they help remember memories.
Schirrmacher, R., & Fox, J.E. (2009). Art and creative development for young children (6th Ed.). Belmont,
CA: Delmar.
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