Exercise: Musical Meditations

Overview:

Drawing to music can wake up our emotions. Here, we allow sound to guide our emotional expression through movement, form, and color.

Materials:

• 3 pieces of Bristol paper
• Oil pastels

Transcript

Process:

• Choose three songs to play. Let them help create and support your movement on the paper.
• Allow the music to initiate new forms and connect you to your body through the rhythm.
• Gently dance the art into existence.

Sketchbook Reflection:

• Jot down how it felt to dance and draw. What song gave you your favorite result?

Resources:

• Why Should You Listen to Vivaldi's "Four Seasons?" (ted)
• Some classically-inspired music options: