21 Aug 2024
Dream
I was trying out a new program at my teaching job - teaching a painting class! One class ended and I had about half an hour to prepare for the next one. People started flooding in, mostly adults, some families, some students that are already working with me at CMA. I laid out big pieces of watercolor paper for them with pre-drawn designs. I also left out acrylic paints and markers, but no watercolors. I told them to sit tight while I changed my clothes.
I went into a different part of the building and tried to look for clothes, but I had no luck. I could not find a single thing and I was panicking. Suddenly I realized - I was late. The class was already supposed to have started. I was making the students wait for me and I just hoped that they were biding their time by trying out some of the art supplies.
Finally, I got back to the class and it was almost the ending time. I felt so embarrassed and ashamed, but then I realized that they had indeed been creating art with the supplies I laid out. Everyone had created a beautiful art piece and they seemed so proud of themselves, and nobody seemed to be mad that I hadn’t been there at all. We did some of the watercolors that I had meant to do all along, but it ended up being a very successful class.
