Since then, I would make prints as a mental health break.
Keeping a few in a portfolio that may lend to a new project in the future. When
I received an invitation from friends in Magis Deo to share something for our
kids, teens and young adults in the community, I immediately said yes.
I thought about conducting a Cyanotype printing workshop for
our Magis Deo Youth. The idea made me happy. I looked forward to the activity
during an exhausting but productive week in school. I was going to share a
skill that began as an ARMY Glow Up 2025 Goal under AGU Recreation and proud
that I learned it from a former student. What’s more, I was excited to connect
Cyanotype printing with the message of Advent.
Advent is the season of waiting. Advent is the season of
light breaking through the shadows.
Advent is a time when we are called to recognize and accept
change.
Advent is an opportunity for transformation.
Since Advent is a season of waiting and preparing for light
to break into the darkness, Cyanotype printing follows a similar process that
involves anticipation, patience, change and transformation. Such abstract
ideals, beliefs and concepts may be too far off to be fully understood by
children — even adults. To enrich our context of Advent as we all prepare for
this season of hope in chaotic and confusing times, an art activity such as
Cyanotype printing may prove meaninfgul for the child and the child at heart.
Our Magis Deo Youth participants in this morning’s Cyanotype
Printing activity brought home their hand made cyanotype greeting cards and
“photographs”. Glad and grateful to learn something new as well as making art
that restonates with the anticipation and joy of Christ’s birth.
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