Paul's Workshops

This morning, I had two workshops run by Paul: Composition and meaning, and Externalize your thought .

In the first one, Paul gave us photocopies of images linked with books and gave us a word we had to create  a collage about.
Mine was "order"

In the second one, we had to describe an object, focusing on its aspect and its characteristics but not its function. Our object was (more or less):

Here are the words we've chosen to describe it:

Yellow                                   Usable
Porcelain                                 Reusable
With a handle                         Washable
White inside                            Part of a set
Hollow                                    Microwavable
Inanimate                                Smooth
Round from top view              Untextured
Cone shaped                            Asymetric
Light                                        Breakable
Container                                 Cheap
Solid                                         Multifonctional
Curvy                                       Replaceable
Angled                                     Forgettable
Hand held                                Heat conducting
Boring                                      Steady
Plain                                         Stained

Then we had to associate words with it:

Coffee                                      Liquids
Rice                                         Kitchen
Living room                             Gently mornings
Cigarettes                                 Grandmother
Desk                                         Stains
Working nights                         Heat
Sugar                                        Bonzaï
Biscuits                                     Breakfast
Toast                                        Tea bags
Cup Soup                                 Glass
Drinking                                   Student
Washing                                    Magicien
Flower pot                                 Hat
Wedding Cake                          Wheel
Sand bucket                               Letters O and Q


I think this workshop was really interesting cause it forced us to go deeper in our ideas, to relate things we would not obviously have thought to.
I also like seeing that object could have a completely different meaning for everybody.