visual arts & contemporary crafts
ARTgenu/e By Lesley Samms Founder/Pure Arts Group www.pureartsgroup.co.uk As we enter 2021 with all our expectations and hopes resting on positive change and growth, we thought now might be a good moment for some reflection and review. Reflection is a means of processing our thoughts and feelings. It gives us an opportunity to come to terms with what we have experienced and make conscious decisions about our future. It gives us the opportunity to grow and change if we wish to, and aim to do more of what makes us feel content and less of what makes us feel unhappy. At Pure HQ we took some time in the last few weeks of 2020 to do just this. To consider both the achievements and the challenges we faced in 2020 and take a moment to set our intentions for 2021. So for this article we are turning the spotlight on to you the reader. • What were your highlights of 2020? • What challenges did you overcome? • What goals did you achieve? • What are you grateful for? • What new ideas and ways of being will you be taking forward into this shiny new year? Feel free to share your responses to these questions with us on Instagram @pureartsgroup and Facebook @pureartsgroupuk or email me at lesley@pureartsgroup.co.uk if you would like some extra support or guidance on your journey. Here are a few activities you might find helpful as you reflect and review: Hand evaluation On a piece of paper draw around your hand and record the following information: • Thumb – something good, something you enjoyed • Index finger – something you would like to highlight • Middle finger – something bad, something you did not enjoy • Ring finger – something you will treasure 36
ingénu/e magazine – south downs and high weald : issue 30
