Literary meeting with Violeta Monreal. 2021-22.
The Language Department of Colegio Alborán has held a stimulating literary meeting on March 18, in this case face-to-face, with Violeta Monreal, a prestigious writer, illustrator and specialist in children's drawing, in coordination with the Anaya publishing house.
Our students in the last three years of Primary and the first years of Secondary have enjoyed this enriching animation activity in two very dynamic sessions of great pedagogical value that have freed the imagination of the attendees and promoted a taste for reading.
In the natural environment of the school, Violeta, a graduate in Fine Arts, shared experiences about her work "Another world around the corner", a book worked on in class that transmits values of solidarity and that is committed to creating a better world.
Encouraging reading, she also spoke about the work of the writer and the illustrator, sharing that she “draws what she sees and the reader draws in his imagination. Each person that she reads interprets in a way, there are thousands of different visions of the same book ”.
The students, very receptive, actively participated in a close encounter in which Violeta encouraged our students to be constant, conveying that it is possible to achieve goals by following three steps: dare and start working, resist and persevere and insist.
Likewise, he stressed the importance of not making fun of others, of overcoming problems and assuming that "I can be wrong, because there are factors that do not depend on me." He explained that it is important to create safe work spaces, where mutual respect prevails.
In an atmosphere of trust, he explained that we must insist many times until we get what we want, explaining that the important thing in art is to do what each one likes, trying not to be influenced by others. "You have to always try, without fear of failure."
At the same time, he stressed that the preparation of the work is fundamental as a previous phase, since it makes us think.
Finally, the writer with a restless spirit with hundreds of published books and a career full of awards and mentions, conveyed the idea that you can draw with all kinds of materials, signed copies of her books and presented our center with two wonderful illustrations. which he did live, with his original technique of drawing and collages made up of torn papers.
It has been a true honor for our center to receive Violeta Monreal, who has expressed solidarity with our Day without a uniform in favor of Ukraine, for which reason blue and yellow drawings predominated in her drawings, turning this country into "a portrait of the soul ”.
