 The following images from Object Dialogue Box 5 are of a collection of objects that were developed around a subject of slavery. This box also had to have enough ambiguous visual links to facilitate dialogue with the opulent surroundings of Harewood House.The collection of objects does not illustrate the subject of slavery - they are intended to be evocative. The visual language of the objects constellates thinking towards key areas within the subject, i.e. shipping, confinement, sugar. The current level of knowledge and understanding of the person handling the object and how they apply this knowledge is the starting point of dialogue around the subject. The dialogue should be creative and fun without the pressures of ‘getting it right’. It is in the sharing of this personal starting point and in the skilful facilitation of creative dialogue by the person leading the learning that links to established bodies of knowledge can be made. The key to the success of this resource is in the type of questions that the facilitator asks and the development of a spirit of enquiry – a ‘wondering out loud’. The following idiomatic phrases formed the thinking behind the objects and can be used in conjunction with them: A house divided against itself cannot stand, Fools gold, A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush,You can’t make a silk purse from a sow’s ear, Pie in the Sky, Blow your own trumpet, A spoonful of sugar, Not a leg to stand on, Out of bounds, Out of house and home, Birds of a feather flock together, Black sheep, Between a rock and a hard place, An eye for an eye, A little bird told me, Act like a bull in a china shop, Add fuel to the fire, Add insult to injury, Leave a bad taste in ones mouth, Bat an eyelash, Easy as pie, Humble pie, Flog a dead horse.
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