V · Polyhymnia
PRESENCE
What invites stillness?
The Experience
where the earth sings
Inspired by ancient cultures, sacred geometry, mythology, and the universal language of symbols, PRESENCE explores the meeting point between ancestral knowledge and contemporary imagination.
It all begins with clay between the hands. Working from a center outward, participants explore form, color, texture, and personal marks through the open-ended structure of a mandala.
Individual pieces can remain intimate works or join a larger sculptural landscape. We bring them together, noticing how their differences suggest relationships and unexpected compositions.
There is no final image to copy.
The composition grows through making.
You got to be both clay and sculptor.
The Framework
Attention takes form
Clay asks us to notice its weight, resistance, and response to touch. We adjust our hands, slow our pace, and attend to the material before deciding what it should become.
The mandala offers a center from which to begin. Repetition gives attention a rhythm; each gesture leaves room for discovery.
Wholeness becomes something we explore through relationships: between center and edge, one piece and another, the individual mark and the collective work.
Piece by piece, we give our attention a form.
