Hi James Navé, here, your host for Twice 5 Miles Radio. I'm pleased to welcome visual artist Ginger Huebner to the microphone. The title of this Twice 5 Miles conversation with Ginger is The Power of Connection.
I first met Ginger on a zoom call which was part of the TEDx Asheville selection process for speakers for the upcoming TEDx Asheville event in February, 2022. I was curious about Ginger's teaching approach with her students from all walks of life.
In this conversation, Ginger talks about how she works with her students through the visual art approach of creating collages to have them tell their stories. Beyond that, gingers collage teaching helps people better understand the power of connection between their past, present, and future.
Ginger is a trained architect, and she uses her architectural experience and her design abilities to help folks from all walks of life understand they too can construct precise and imaginative imagery that reflects who they are.
One idea ginger proposed in our power of connection conversation was the notion of creating a collage by using scissors rather than tearing the images from magazines. I was intrigued by the idea that scissors encourage precision in your collage making, which the tearing leaves out. Moreover, the notion that when you come at something from a more meditative precise point of view, you allow your imagination to run free.
This approach seems counterintuitive to most current thinking, which suggests we must always approach our creative work outside of our more precise rational mind since abilities. But, of course, your rational mind plays a primary role in your survival. So why get out of it? Gingers notion of precision with scissors in collage making permits us to approach I work in whatever way we please, unruly or precise. Both are acceptable. Either way, the power of connection is always at play when we show up to do our work. Enjoy this interview.
