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64
By Master Coach Ginger Cockerham
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Joyful and Memorable Gates
Life Upgrade Tip
~o^o~ Resources
“Art should be, “open, accessible, joyful and memorable.”
David Dillon, Architecture Critic, Dallas Morning News
Are "The Gates" in New York’s Central Park tugging at your heart and spirit? They are a bright and beautiful respite from the cold and barren winter landscape.
The artists, Christo and Jeanne-Claude, say that "The Gates" have no meaning or purpose other than to create beauty and to invite people to enjoy the artistic experience. The exhibit is made up of steel gates with billowing saffron fabric repeated over and over and over. The gates vary only to flow with and to honor the natural terrain and to lead people to places in the park they may never have ventured before.
How can such gates appearing so effortlessly and simply be so moving and memorable? They are an unexpected short period of riotous color and joy creating lasting memories. Is there art that can’t adequately described and must actually be experienced to know?
There are voices saying
that it is essential that we quantify and articulate the meaning of coaching
in order for us to brand it and make it viable in the marketplace. I know
that may be an economic necessity. But maybe the artists know something
about both art and marketing- that there is something mystical and magical
about being a part of the beauty and mystery of art that is memorable.
And maybe coaching at it’s best is really inexplicable – kind
of like wandering through saffron gates in the middle of winter.
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Resources
http://www.nytimes.com/ref/arts/design/GATES-REF.html?excamp=GGGNchristo
copy and paste on the link 'The Gates': An Appraisal -what a great video
of the NY gates experience.
http://christojeanneclaude.net/gaso.html The Cristo and Jeanne-Claude website.
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Ginger Cockerham, Master Certified Coach
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- Making a Difference (#63)
- If I Am Awestruck (#62)
- Sweet Thankfulness (#61)
- Persist with Confidence in Your Group (#60)
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