Hope in Adversity - our theme for the month
18th August 2018 Fifteen members gathered for our August monthly meeting. The agenda this time was a demonstration by sensei Meenakshi Sarin on the theme go Hope in Adversity, and a workshop to follow in the same theme. The Study Group was delighted to welcome back Meenu after her convalescence and absence from the meetings, and it was an apt title for her personal experiences of the last year. She was assisted by her student Shylaja, and her heartfelt narration that accompanied her compositions inspired all of us who were present. Sensei Meenu's first composition was this freestyle Nagiere. The adversity was represented by the black vase which seemed to envelop her life. However, through every nook and cranny, there was an outpouring of hope, symbolised by the white branches moving strongly upwards. The contribution of friends, family, doctors and Ikebana were represented by the flowers, each unique and different and special. The Asia Lily is like the lights on t