In 1986 I was a student in the Computer Science Department in the Hebrew University in Jerusalem.
A couple of weeks after school started I met this funny looking religious guy named Tsiki, we immediately
realized we 'spoke the same language' (whatever that is) and have been great friends ever since.

None of us finished that degree (thank god!) and we both took different paths in life.
Tsiki has been for the past years in the island of Paros, Greece running a center named Taos, self described as:

"A study center for the art of happy life,
Where simple Tao meets the sword of Zen in a Zorba way."

Well, last week as part of a nice family vacation to Paros, I conducted a workshop in Taos.
It was very interesting first and foremost because it was the first workshop I ever gave barefoot.

But beyond that, the energies of the people there made it a lot of fun. We spent the morning creating individual works and the afternoon working in groups creating larger sculptures.
You can see the results down below.

Conducting my regular Workshop in a place where people come to study a bit about their own life and be self reflective made me think of another layer of insights which can be extracted from the work with objects.
Haven't totally processed it yet but there seems to be interesting stuff there...   Sadly I'm not barefoot anymore, deadlines have a way of doing this to you. (Luckily as an illustrator I can work without a shirt on...)


Thanks Ronit and Tsiki and everybody in Taos for hosting us!