I had a blast attending a 30-minute Create & Play session on Zoom today. We were invited to play with string, paints and ink. It got messy. 😍 I was so excited that I didn’t realize I started on the first page of a mixed media art journal and ended up making my art on …
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I really enjoyed participating in a Creativity and Community online art making gathering last night. I’ve been down with some sort of virus and haven’t had much energy this week but I did manage to get to this and I’m glad I did. It was a good reminder of how much I need to make art …
When fear and passion come together and are held in the gentle, loving embrace of compassion we can let go and begin to know who we truly are beneath many masks, the fears, and the blinding expectations. Each and every one of us is made up of so many parts. None of them are bad …
One day I found myself being called by the candle that was flickering on my desk. I felt a strong impulse to dip my painting into the fervent flame. And I did. I felt a rush — a mix of fear, excitement and fascination. I loved the way the paper negotiated with the hungry heat …
I’ve been in a 3-day Comparative Psychotherapies training since Friday and after our last practice session this afternoon, I was feeling a bit shaken. Something had come up during one of the sessions where I was in the role the client that I wasn’t expecting at all. I’m smiling now as I think about it …
Yesterday I held a family Expressive Arts Therapy session with two sisters and the theme we explored was vulnerability. I played a short Brene Brown clip as we eased our way into exploring the art materials. We spent some time with Brene’s quote about vulnerability, being with uncertainty, risk and emotional exposure and we leaned into …