The Value of Together

22/11/2021

In the nursery the other day I watched as these three ended up creating their very own masterpiece.

The first child,(let’s call her A) came to the easel, set the paper up and began to make a circle of big red splodges. Curious as to what she was painting, the others (let’s call them B and C) observed, hovered for a little bit, looked at the art in progress, and then joined in; B began to enclose the red splodges with a lovely thick blue circle. This inspired A to fill in the middle of the red splodge ring with green which caused C to pick up a paintbrush and begin to fill in the background with the same green. What was lovely was how A welcomed both B and C to add to the painting and how subsequently they were all laughing, smiling and were absolutely delighted with the outcome of their creative process and their collaboration.

It was genuinely very lovely to see the beauty of what can happen when people come together. To sum up: 'Individually we are one drop; but together we are an ocean.’ as Ryunosoke Satoro the Japanese poet observed.

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