In early postings to this blog I noted that one possible area of research was into dramatherapy's potential to reach autistic people. I'm excited to note that, from tomorrow, I shall be taking the Dramatherapy Summer School at Roehampton.In documents I produce, I've tried to go for accessible formats - e.g. using pastel colours for handouts for dyslexic students. Much though I loved the intial design of this blog with its picture of a building at the top with a classical-ish design, I've tried for something that is more accessibly formatted in terms of background and clarity.
An example of things coming together unexpectedly... Back in July of last year, I selected the particular image for this posting (mosaic, Musei Capitolini, orig. from Hadrian's Villa) because its depiction of the masks - and, symbolically-thinking, the essences - of tragedy and comedy, seemed fitting when I thought I might be about to gain wholly new insights into the meaning and potential uses of drama. On Friday (26.03.11) - just when I had been thinking about the possibility of using Athena's creation of music for the aulos out of the wailing laments of a gorgon as part of the pilot study I am envisaging - I was at conference on the aulos at Reading University for reasons not linked with the project. But I realised that I had overlooked the third object in the mosaic, which is depicted behind the tragic mask: an aulos, or better pair of auloi. I plan to post on the aulos, and further things gained from the Reading visit soon.
ReplyDeleteIt took me a while: but I have now published a posting on the autos and the visit to Reading! http://myth-autism.blogspot.co.uk/2016/11/art-noise-music-and-monsters-perseus.html
ReplyDelete*Aulos even!
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