Studio Forrest

As a gathering of artists who enjoy working together and individually, each Studio Forrest creative contributes skills and knowledge to the group to produce work on a selected theme. A broad range of artworks in different mediums is the result while having an overall theme adds to the cohesion of the yearly exhibitions and installations. As “the year like no other” 2020 took hold, Studio Forrest members were determined to continue to produce artworks and support each other during lockdown. This was achieved through meeting online and working individually on projects including sending partial artworks on postcards to each other to finish, mark making with nature brushes, pop-up pages and curiosity boxes. Artists took turns to lead an activity and shared their art and lots of laughs. A great way to stay connected. As life slowly returns to face to face COVID normal, the group have started working on an outdoor weaving project, River Flows - which you can view on the fence at the Community Hub in Forrest. Studio Forrest is planning an exhibition in March 2021 to share the work produced during 2020. The theme of the exhibition, chosen prior to lockdown, is Fragility=Resilience, quite prophetic considering the year that was. Studio Forrest is a program of the Forrest Neighbourhood House.

S ta te o f M i n d

In cognitive psychology and the philosophy of mind, a mental state is a kind of hypothetical state that corresponds to thinking and feeling, and consists of a conglomeration of mental representations and propositional attitudes. There are several paradigmatic states of mind that an agent has: love, hate, pleasure and pain, and attitudes toward propositions such as: believing that, conceiving that, hoping and fearing that, etc. Putnam, Hilary (1967). “The Nature of Mental States”. PhilPapers.

Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding. Even as the stone of the fruit must break, that its heart may stand in the sun, so you must know pain. And could you keep your heart in wonder at the daily miracles of your life, your pain would not seem less wondrous than your joy.