🧠 Head Full Of... *MH
Have you ever felt as though your head is completely full?
Thoughts, ideas, things to remember, things we enjoy and a few completely random things can all jostle for space in our minds. Sometimes they feel organised; at other times they become one enormous jumble. That's all part of being human.
With World Mental Health Day approaching on 10 October, we're giving a little thought to what goes on inside our heads — but without getting too heavy or personal. Nobody needs to share private thoughts or feelings. Instead, we're using art to give our minds permission to wander, explore and have some fun.
What might fill your head?
Perhaps it's the things you love — music, animals, people, places or favourite interests. Maybe your mind is bursting with colour and pattern, or filled with textures you can almost feel: soft, fluffy, smooth, crunchy or prickly.
Then again, why should anything inside your head make sense?
Fill it with something completely unexpected. Let fish swim through it, flowers grow from it, or add something wonderfully strange. Your mind could even become a doorway into another place — a garden, outer space, an underwater world or a completely new realm that exists only in your imagination.
Artists have played with this idea too.
Richard Dupont's Heads series takes it quite literally. He created casts of his own head and incorporated objects from his studio, everyday life and things that caught his attention — turning the contents into part of the artwork itself. https://www.richarddupont.com/sculptures/resin-heads/featured-works?view=slider
A Head Full Of… really can contain almost anything.
Freedom of the mind, with a twist of imagination, is a cocktail recipe for a head full of pure personality.
That's you — and how awesome is that! ✨
Need a little inspiration? Here are a few ideas to get you started. Combine them or work on one that catches your imagination:
🎨 My Favourite Things – Fill a head with things you enjoy — animals, music, food, sport, games, places, people or anything else you like.
🎨 A Head Full of Colour – Explore your favourite colours, shapes and patterns. Make it bright and busy or simple and calm.
🎨 A Head Full of Texture – Think soft, fluffy, smooth, crunchy or prickly. What would you fill your head with?
🎨 That Doesn't Belong There! – Put something completely unexpected inside. Make it funny, unusual or wonderfully strange.
🎨 A World Inside My Head – Create another place inside your head — a garden, beach, outer space, fantasy world or somewhere completely invented.
🎨 Your Choice – Take Head Full Of… wherever you want. Mix ideas together or come up with something completely your own.
Join us online this Wednesday from 7:30–9:00 pm (UK time) and see where your imagination takes you. 🎨 Select All4Art in the link below.
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