09/03/2026
Teenagers
Sometimes I teach. I don't talk about that much on here but I do. Young people, old people, sometimes about the technical aspects of art, sometimes about creativity and finding your voice, sometimes about dreams.
This weekend I joined a bunch of friends from who were teaching a room of 100ish teens about creativity and how we all have it - be it through football or baking or business or the arts.
As part of that they broke out to rooms to dig deeper, using their imaginations to create stuff. One of the rooms was the visual arts where I was there to lead and guide.
I thought we might get 10 or so kids interested in drawing or painting... Nope.... 35...
35 highly motivated, passionate teenagers... Some had never held a brush or pencil, others had been hiding it away for years - ALL were amazing.
They asked deep and meaningful questions, genuinely keen to grow and stretch, they were loud and messy and quiet and contemplative all at once.
Some of the skill took my breath away.
They created for themselves and then they created to give away to random people on the streets something that might bless them on a cold sunny Saturday afternoon.
Their generosity, care and compassion was infectious and I'm so grateful to have had the honour to spend time with them on a small part of their journey to be who they'll become.
I mean I think it took the whole 4 hour journey home to stop my ears ringing but gosh my heart was (and is) full.
When so much crazy is in the world it was humbling to see the next generation cracking on regardless and being the beautiful human beings they are.
