We recently visited the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, and my daughter was thrilled that the museum offered booklets for children to work in as they visited many of the collections.
We eventually worked our way to the Japanese collection and discovered a collection of poetry. Visitors were asked to write a poem after viewing the screens, scrolls, woodblock prints, ceramics, and sculptures. They could choose to take their poem with them, or contribute to the collection, which is show in the image below.
A notebook of "Poetic Inspiration" was available for visitors to look through while they wrote their poems.
I think this idea would make a great addition to a classroom or library. Contributors could write a poem and add it to the collection.
The display piece at the Nelson-Atkins was an Umbra Fotofalls Desktop. They had used index cards for the poems.
I love to gather ideas from the places I visit. Where have you found inspiration?
