At The Center: The Liberation Of Imperfection

Kelly honors the lessons learned from her teachers Mr. C and Mr. T, two clients at an adult day program for people living with dementia. Mr. C, diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease, becomes an accidental artist while applying paint to a rock. Mr. T’s free movement while dancing to live music liberates everyone in the room. By accepting imperfections and oddities, in things and in people, we let go of our need for control and perfect order, learning to welcome the unexpected and unpredictable.

Reviews

Your talk is a sweet encouragement to see and celebrate the offbeat beauty of wabi sabi—in people as well as in art. Thank you!

Thank you for another wonderful message. I work with seniors as a volunteer through my church. These stories are so uplifting.
Looking forward to the next one.

Thank you for having done what you did for some of our greatest generations.

Thank you for these stories. I’m a lifelong artist and one of the earliest and most important lessons I learned in first grade art class was to appreciate the serendipity of “happy accidents”. My father and I both recently developed cognitive difficulties at the same time… mine from long covid and his from vascular Parkinsonism. We also both have lived experience with PTSD. These conditions like to travel together, it seems. Free movement, music, and art are helping me to recover. 🪨🎨

So sweet!