<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A slow gentle and poetic hour listening to Kevin Henderson talk about several decades of making art work whilst teaching at DJCAD. His careful noticing of life around him and how he interacts through making artwork. Afterwards, it was touching to hear from my peers who had been taught and inspired by him in first […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":565,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-561","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theheuch.co.uk\/Kirsty\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Kevin-Henderson-Dreamscape.png?fit=613%2C638","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":55,"url":"http:\/\/www.theheuch.co.uk\/Kirsty\/uncategorized\/thursday-06-10-22\/","url_meta":{"origin":561,"position":0},"title":"Thursday","date":"6 October, 2022","format":"quote","excerpt":"7.30 yoga helped clear the knots and pains from standing on Tuesday. \u00a0 Introduction to wood workshop. Looking forward to working with the large saws, drills and sanders. Found a eucalyptus branch that I can play with \u00a0 Spent the afternoon cutting rounds from the eucalyptus and comparing to the\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theheuch.co.uk\/Kirsty\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1FA00083-860D-47BA-86CC-02C35C301E89_1_105_c-e1666214157188.jpeg?fit=709%2C734&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":100,"url":"http:\/\/www.theheuch.co.uk\/Kirsty\/uncategorized\/tuesday-18-10-22\/","url_meta":{"origin":561,"position":1},"title":"Tuesday","date":"18 October, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Tutorial with Alex Roberts; - As there is also a tutorial with Anita this afternoon, we focussed our discussion around life drawing and how it feeds into my larger practice. \u00a0 I described how I lose myself in the activity and enjoy the process but when I then review my\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theheuch.co.uk\/Kirsty\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/733698CE-7998-45BE-B8DF-F53004ED5838_1_105_c-1.jpeg?fit=1024%2C768&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":179,"url":"http:\/\/www.theheuch.co.uk\/Kirsty\/uncategorized\/samhain\/","url_meta":{"origin":561,"position":2},"title":"Samhain","date":"30 October, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Friday, Saturday and Sunday were dedicated to a 'Contemplation of my own Death'\u00a0 in the company of dear friends. Led by Brian Oakenleaf we spent three days untangling our own attitudes towards death and therefore, life. We discussed Scottish and family traditions, rituals and beliefs associated with death. We created\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theheuch.co.uk\/Kirsty\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/68877235299__DFEB6184-B3D8-4FE0-BB36-E0684C3FFF9D-scaled-e1667337264144.jpeg?fit=1200%2C1118&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":73,"url":"http:\/\/www.theheuch.co.uk\/Kirsty\/uncategorized\/tuesday-11-10-12\/","url_meta":{"origin":561,"position":3},"title":"Tuesday","date":"11 October, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"TK is unwell and not giving class today. We are all concerned for her. It is touching that even the young men in our group who have only met her once or twice are showing their concern. I book into life drawing with Alex. Calum comes too. The others seem\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theheuch.co.uk\/Kirsty\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/3364F835-D5AB-40F6-A2BC-39806C1D6FC9_1_105_c-e1666215124327.jpeg?fit=664%2C511&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":214,"url":"http:\/\/www.theheuch.co.uk\/Kirsty\/uncategorized\/a-walk-with-marcus-coates\/","url_meta":{"origin":561,"position":4},"title":"A walk with Marcus Coates","date":"26 November, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"A few days of getting to know Marcus Coates through YouTube and writing about his work. I would like to go for a walk with him. Maybe we could take a wee dram and walk up to see the osprey nest together? We might be treated to a kestrel visit\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theheuch.co.uk\/Kirsty\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Marcus-Coates-Journey-to-the-lowerworld.jpeg?fit=800%2C643&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":788,"url":"http:\/\/www.theheuch.co.uk\/Kirsty\/uncategorized\/endings-and-beginnings\/","url_meta":{"origin":561,"position":5},"title":"Endings and Beginnings","date":"29 April, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Saturday 28th April 2023 \u00a0 Today was spent invigilating at our group show at Generator artists run gallery in Dundee. Apart from the bitter cold I really enjoyed the day. I met some great folk and had some lovely conversations. In particular with PhD student Susie about OOO and her\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theheuch.co.uk\/Kirsty\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/img_8465-scaled.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.theheuch.co.uk\/Kirsty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/561","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.theheuch.co.uk\/Kirsty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.theheuch.co.uk\/Kirsty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.theheuch.co.uk\/Kirsty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.theheuch.co.uk\/Kirsty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=561"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.theheuch.co.uk\/Kirsty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/561\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":567,"href":"http:\/\/www.theheuch.co.uk\/Kirsty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/561\/revisions\/567"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.theheuch.co.uk\/Kirsty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/565"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.theheuch.co.uk\/Kirsty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=561"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.theheuch.co.uk\/Kirsty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=561"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.theheuch.co.uk\/Kirsty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theheuch.co.uk\/Kirsty\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Kevin-Henderson.jpg?resize=300%2C226\")
A slow gentle and poetic hour listening to Kevin Henderson talk about several decades of making art work whilst teaching at DJCAD. His careful noticing of life around him and how he interacts through making artwork. Afterwards, it was touching to hear from my peers who had been taught and inspired by him in first year. Also curious to hear reflections from people who were not touched by his work. For some his teaching and influence was clearly a gift and hugely valuable.\u00a0 I felt the wind blowing around my ankles with regards to how completely alone we can be in life. We can never truly know how significant our contact with others will be. Kevin appeared to be telling us that he has been quite insular although he has spent a great deal of time with others, particularly through mountain biking. He has thought deeply and sensitively and sounded happy to be looking to a future with more making and fewer people in it. A poignant look back with a sense of quiet optimism for the future. Maybe that is all that any of us can truly aspire to. It is certainly an ambition to be content in this circumstance.\u00a0 His painting and poetry echoed a Zen like approach to appreciating everything but holding on lightly if at all.<\/p>\n