It started with zip ties.

Henry silently created knotty concoctions on his hands.

I thought they were meant to be playful faux weapons.

But Henry had other plans.

He pointed to the painting he made the week before and the new cans of paint I scrounged up.

The plastic hand weapons were actually self made paint applicators.

Henry started adding to the painting he made last week…the one I thought was so beautifully complete.

For the next hour Henry re-imagined his entire painting.

Using mostly his DIY applicators and other strange objects to scrape and scour the paint.

Then he completed the work with a roller.

I was speechless at his frenetic painting style and the re-visioned work.

And then Henry started to talk to me for the first time.

He took my hand, turned around to the opposite wall and walked us over to Amelies wallwork.

“Thats good.” Henry said.

Following that sweet moment Henry bustled around the materials room with a hammer in hand.

He was visibly hyper.

He eventually grabbed some chalk and a piece of 2×4.

For the next 30 minutes he smashed away, watching how chalk dust rise and fall on the board.

I’ve got some healthy destructive art making plans for Henry next week!

Stay tuned…..