Birth Art March 26, 2008

The first class of each series, I give my class their first project. 

One is that they have to track their food intake for the next week and the other is that they have to come back the following week with some type of artwork.

This art can be in any form, from paper to clay. 

I ask them to simply put into art what they feel about birth and this pregnancy.

It is SOO exciting for me to see what these ladies and their partners come up with. 

It is really probably a selfish project on my part simply because I enjoy it so much and I don’t have to do anything for it.

I really love how the art reveals so much about their attitudes and deep feelings about birth.

The following art work was from a lady who has a child already (which is obvious from the use of crayons) and will be giving birth in a birth center this time.