MIDNIGHT/SUN is the now the title for our culminating event next Thursday, August 7. The theme if conflict resolution, and the students were provided with a list of contradictory word images they themselves had created through the metaphors they have written, and the majority selected "Midnight/Sun."

This is an apt title - some of the work begins in a dark place, before it moves into the light. Several campers have written short stories for the book we will publish, all coping with some crisis to be resolved. There are stories of sibling rivalry, absurd tales of crime fighting, even a war refuge tale. Just because they are young does not mean they do not have a keen awareness of the larger world around them.

Week four of our five week camp is dedicated to creating final art projects, and bringing existing projects into clear, sharp focus. I try when I can to get around and see what others are up to, but some aspects of the presentation are going to be a surprise even to me when we begin cobbling them together next week.

Drums? We have drums? Amazing.