Appleby College - Argus Yearbook (Oakville, Ontario Canada)

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Art and Literary Contents ART Art Studio 100 Pottery Workshop 102 LITERARY On Athletes 104 by Graham Leggat Of Sundays and Rainbows 107 by Richard Wooiley Three Poems 108 by Chris Thompson In the Memory of a Spy 109 by Fraser McKenzie For Shine 112 by Graham Leggat All of the above selections are winners of the AppJeby Creative Writing Prizes, the Jast one receiving on honourable mention. m ff :J

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BOTTOM RIGHT: by Colin Richards. TOP LEFT: by Paul Robinson. There is something intrinsically wonderful about creativity. Whether the work be in music or painting or sculpture there is an undefinable quality to it which raises it far beyond the walls of mechanism and mediocrity. In the visual arts, especiaUy, this holds true, for there is in every piece of work the clearly stamped vitality, character, and emotion of its creator. The piece of work may be a masterpiece, or the scribblings of a child, but no matter, the energy of life is equally inherent in both. It can be greatly appreciated, therefore, that an Art Studio is a place of great human energy - both mental and emotional. Our Art Studio this year was such a place, and if one walked into the building on Parents ' Day, when much of the year ' s work was on display, this would immediately have been obvious. The actual accomphshments of those working in the studio have been impressive. Many fine paintings hung on show entailed a great deal of work, as too did many lino prints, dravdngs and sketches. To me any such work is one of the most satisfying things to behold, for it carries in it a certain abstraction, placing it, if you vdll, half way between a thought and a thing. The three-dimensional work was also viewed with widespread approval. Pottery and sculpture Art Studio