Tell and Show
STEP 1
Think of a childhood story that you remember well; write it down or
audio record it.
Close your eyes and picture yourself in the story. Visualise the story:
where were you? Look around you, what do you see, who were you with?
What happened? How did you feel?
STEP 2
When thinking about the story and feeling it, what colour would you
associate with such feelings? Note down the colours that first come to
mind.
If you can’t “see” any colours, try this: immerse yourself in the
feelings of your story, then imagine yourself walking into an imaginary
room with walls painted with colours that match your mood or feelings.
What colour walls do you see?
If you still don’t have any colours, don’t worry. Continue to the next
step.
STEP 3
Get a box of plasticine or playdough. If you have chosen your colours in
STEP 2, select the plasticine/playdough of the colours of your choice
from the box. If the box of plasticine/playdough doesn’t have the
colours you have chosen, you can mix 2 or 3 colours to make the colour
that you want.
If you haven’t chosen any colours in STEP 2, simply layout all the
plasticine/playdough in front of you, as many colours as you can get.
Remember, you can mix 2 or 3 colours to make a new colour. Then, once
more, immerse yourself in the feelings of your story. Pick out the
colours by instinct, guided by your feelings. Don’t think – just pick
any colours that feel right.
STEP 4
Now, immerse yourself in the feelings of your story. With your bare
hands, work the playdough/plasticine of your chosen colours into
different shapes and sizes - any shapes, they don’t have to look like
anything. Again, don’t think – channel your feelings through your hands
and make shapes by instinct.
Arrange these pieces to form a picture, again guided by your instinct
and feelings. You can add more colours to complement or contrast the
colours you have already had.
You can place the playdough pieces on top of a white backing board, or a
black one. Alternately, pick one of the colours you have chosen in STEP
2 or 3 as the background, or any other colours that feel right. Acrylic
paints can be used to make the background. Experiment.
STEP 5
Take a photo of your picture and share your picture and your story with
your friends and family.
OPTIONAL: Send your picture and story to childhoodstories.info by email:
mail@childhoodstories.info
or send a message at: https://www.facebook.com/ChildhoodStoriesTellAndShow
If you want to create your picture with a medium of your choice instead of playdough, please do!
