I can’t believe we’ve been RE: MAPPING at Hanham for six weeks! It’s gone so quickly yet we’ve achieved so much. Not least the amazing bonds and friendships that have emerged throughout our time together. And wow, this group know what they want! I was quite nervous about pulling all the work together this week and going forward with a plan for the residency sessions but I needn’t have been. We have a clear idea of what we want to achieve and how we are going to achieve it.

We come up with a working title: Things You’d Never Expect to See, About Me, in a Library

The morning’s session is personal and intimate - the afternoon’s session is packed with people but contains unexpected insights too.

We start to think about the performance we are making together and about the upcoming residency. We make little books (one for each participant) detailing things we have loved seeing.

A cat’s whisker in a mobile phone case

A crystal with healing powers

A pen handcrafted by a late husband

A wedding ring

A set of keys

A necklace

Last week I asked the group to each bring  object of personal significance to today’s session.

Through a series of exercises we learned  of their relevance and the stories behind the objects.

We started the session with a few name games to warm us up and once everyone was laughing the performance began:

In the Morning: Working with people wanting to improve their Mental Health