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Yesterday, with the company of a group of people from Yew Tree's Gold company, I had the pleasure of a lovely visit to the Yorkshire sculpture park. Although I am very familiar with the place, it is always a refreshing experience to look at a site with a different group of people. We began the day with a few games: the classic list game, a good ol' game of "ninja" and killer 12; however, unlike the average session of Gold, we were surrounded by the beautiful backdrop of the Sculpture park. Next, it was onto some sight-specific theatre in the "Longside gallery". At first, we took a few minutes to explore the current exhibition, "A night in the museum", which is made up of a range of sculptures that resemble people, placed so they look to gaze at artworks featuring the colour blue, before being split off into small groups. After coming up with either a short narrative about two pieces of artwork or a conversation that could occur between them, we took it in turns to try and watch each group's performance (a little awkward in a place where people are trying to view the artwork). The experience really made me realise how interesting it can be to bring a story to each and every installation - stories which included a narrative showing individuality to be something wonderful, a conversation between two sculptures about escaping a life of entrapment (which was rather eerily cut off by two guards seizing one of them), a story about a girl who lifted her fringe from her eyes for the first time to experience the beauty of a life with colour and a piece on the pressures of society and the constrictions of art. Later, we walked through the park (a few people wandered off here and there to capture Pokemon), passing through fields of cows and sheep. I was a little disappointed that I hadn't brought my camera, to be honest, as the scenery was very picturesque. Sarah also told us of her experience staying at the Sculpture park when it was a university, so I can imagine it making a wonderful campus. I mustn't forget our visit to a certain special tree in the park - a yew tree, of course - where we literally saw the roots of our theatre company. It made the perfect photograph opportunity. And, although the weather could have been a little sunnier, it didn't rain, so I cannot complain. To summarise: a lovely little trip out and, ultimately, miles better than staying at home, behaving as a stereotypical teenager. In other words, being completely and utterly unproductive. Nobody can be unproductive and visit Yew tree.
Yesterday, with the company of a group of people from Yew Tree's Gold company, I had the pleasure of a lovely visit to the Yorkshire sculpture park. Although I am very familiar with the place, it is always a refreshing experience to look at a site with a different group of people. We began the day with a few games: the classic list game, a good ol' game of "ninja" and killer 12; however, unlike the average session of Gold, we were surrounded by the beautiful backdrop of the Sculpture park. Next, it was onto some sight-specific theatre in the "Longside gallery". At first, we took a few minutes to explore the current exhibition, "A night in the museum", which is made up of a range of sculptures that resemble people, placed so they look to gaze at artworks featuring the colour blue, before being split off into small groups. After coming up with either a short narrative about two pieces of artwork or a conversation that could occur between them, we took it in turns to try and watch each group's performance (a little awkward in a place where people are trying to view the artwork). The experience really made me realise how interesting it can be to bring a story to each and every installation - stories which included a narrative showing individuality to be something wonderful, a conversation between two sculptures about escaping a life of entrapment (which was rather eerily cut off by two guards seizing one of them), a story about a girl who lifted her fringe from her eyes for the first time to experience the beauty of a life with colour and a piece on the pressures of society and the constrictions of art. Later, we walked through the park (a few people wandered off here and there to capture Pokemon), passing through fields of cows and sheep. I was a little disappointed that I hadn't brought my camera, to be honest, as the scenery was very picturesque. Sarah also told us of her experience staying at the Sculpture park when it was a university, so I can imagine it making a wonderful campus. I mustn't forget our visit to a certain special tree in the park - a yew tree, of course - where we literally saw the roots of our theatre company. It made the perfect photograph opportunity. And, although the weather could have been a little sunnier, it didn't rain, so I cannot complain. To summarise: a lovely little trip out and, ultimately, miles better than staying at home, behaving as a stereotypical teenager. In other words, being completely and utterly unproductive. Nobody can be unproductive and visit Yew tree.
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