#creative therapy

[mykiddeservedit]

Thread by Thread: ReBinding What’s Mine

“The healing comes in the making.” – Emily McDowell My Interpretation: I do not need a spa day. I need a knife, thread, & paper. Because every time I stitch something together, I remember that I still can. That I still do. That I am not broken – I am rebuilding. Hardcover Heart: Thread by Thread There is this idea out there that self-care means bath bombs & skincare routines.Face masks.…

Thread by Thread: ReBinding What’s Mine

[tiffanydaleo]

Fishy Fungi

Check out my newest piece Fishy Fungi!

9/12″ Mixed media collage I’m getting ready to lead a collage workshop for OUR Arts Foundation later this week so I wanted to play around and make some notes about collaging. I have been making collages for over 30 years but I’ve never tried to show someone how to do it, so this will be a learning experience for me too. I want to emphasize that layers are your friends. There are no rules, but…

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[artisticdivasworld]

My Junk Journal is done. Now What?

Junk journal making is one of those creative pastimes that once you discover it, you wonder how you ever lived without it. If you’ve never heard of junk journaling, let me take you on a little journey into this wonderfully eclectic and liberating hobby. So far here on this blog, we have talked about making these journals here and creating a cover here. Now we check out what we putinto one of…

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[squirmydads-creations]

Mental/emotional health doing a bit better, I don't feel as heavy. I just realized instead of doing something brighter interior I painted up the band of enslaved miners. These are part of a set from Etsy that is recreating the Mecca slave Walker from page 221 of the Rogue Trader rule book.

This messy fella is coming along, lots of dark washes and intentionally letting them puddle on his back carapace makes for a fun effect.

[theroaring20s]

𝔇𝔢𝔞𝔯 𝔢𝔩𝔣𝔦𝔫 𝔭𝔯𝔦𝔫𝔠𝔢; 𝔴𝔥𝔶 𝔞𝔯𝔢 𝔶𝔬𝔲 𝔰𝔬 𝔪𝔶𝔰𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔦𝔬𝔲𝔰, 𝔶𝔢𝔱 𝔦𝔫𝔠𝔯𝔢𝔡𝔦𝔟𝔩𝔶 𝔦𝔫𝔳𝔦𝔱𝔦𝔫𝔤? 𝔄𝔫𝔡 𝔴𝔥𝔶 𝔞𝔪 𝔦 𝔣𝔞𝔩𝔩𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔰𝔬 𝔥𝔢𝔩𝔭𝔩𝔢𝔰𝔰𝔩𝔶 𝔦𝔫 𝔩𝔬𝔳𝔢 𝔴𝔦𝔱𝔥 𝔶𝔬𝔲?

[alana-k-asby]

Question about therapeutic writing

As an editor, I sometimes have to discern whether a piece of writing based on someone's personal pain is ready for publication. IMO, there is a wide gulf between therapeutic writing and true literature. That said, they are definitely related!

I think there are three stages in this progression.

Stage 1. The feeling is raw. You're writing to deal with it, but you're also writing to create authentic source-material for later.

Stage 2. The feeling is exorcised. You no longer need to write therapeutically, but you are not ready to write artistically either. You don't have enough distance yet. You let the material lie fallow.

Stage 3. The idea returns in a transformed shape. You are now able to create an artistic "imitation" or representation of the feeling/experience you once went through. You review the therapeutic writing to draw inspiration and authenticity from it. The purpose of this second writing is truly creative and aesthetic. It is not self-indulgent, it is well structured and grounded, and the reader is able to relate to it.

[dailybehbeh]

Behbeh

[elenadoeslife]

Enjoying my day - with coffee & crochet