The She Project

Howdy ho!

Today was the reception to an "art" project I took part in nearly a month ago that I've been dying to share with you. :)

I was invited to partake in the annual She Project by a friend, and so spent the evening of May 10th among women of all ages and walks of life to respond to a phrase using whatever medium we liked as long as it fit within a 8 1/2" x 11" frame. Oh, and we only had two hours to do so.

The She Project's been going on for 9 years, but apparently this may be the last one for a while because the lady in charge of it wants to take a break. It's a lot of work organizing it and setting up all the pieces at the end. But I hope she knows what a wonderful exercise in creativity and spontaneity it is for so may ladies in the community!

Below if my piece:

"She found the courage to reach for it."

Each and every piece was something to behold. So many mediums, such varied phrases, and great interpretations. Here are some pieces I particularly enjoyed:

"She noticed that her scarf was way too long...
...and chose to share her strength."

You also had the option of "finishing" the rest of the quote. Like I could have transformed my quote into "She found the courage to reach for it...and realized she already had it." Or something like that :)

"She questioned whether to build walls or bridges."

"Her home was cool...
Almost as cool as her shoes."

Anyway, there are probably around 100 of these responses and they're going to be displayed in the Corvallis Public Library's main meeting room for the remainder of June.

If you don't have something like this in your community yet...go ahead and start it! It can be done individually at home, or in a group setting. The ladies who took part in this are not all necessarily artists, but they all definitely revealed a little of themselves in this project.

Until next time, take care and Happy She Project!!