Mindfulness

Mindfulness in Motion

By Marci L. Drury, posted on Feb 12, 2024

I showed students figurative sculptures and asked them to mimic the poses with their bodies. They enjoyed it so much that I continued doing it throughout the year. I scoured art books, searched art museums’ digital collections, and visited the Cummer Museum in Jacksonville, which happened to be showing the famous sculpture Shiva as Lord of Dance (Nataraja). I put in the time to do research and find figurative sculptures that would provide students with an enjoyable challenge, such as the sculpted heads Jun Kaneko exhibited at the Dixon Gallery and Gardens in 2015. Ending with a seated figure for the last pose became a natural way to get students into their seats and ready for their art lessons.

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