I saw this photo on Tumblr the other day and I had to save it. It spoke to me. I loved it. I am a little bit of a art horror(but horrible with names) fan but that’s not what stopped me in my tracks when I saw this piece. It made me feel and cry and it inspires me to create artistic expressions of my pain. Words really don’t do any justice to feelings I had before there were words to articulate them. I need to make this more of a…
Category: Art Therapy For Survivors
Art Therapy for survivors is vital for getting out emotions and expressing feelings that you may not be able to put into words. It doesn’t have to make sense right away. Feelings are not words. Pain is not words. Sometimes its a shape or a color. When I am having trouble crying or expressing myself I paint or draw. It has helped me a lot in unlocking my stuck emotions and sometimes stuck memories.
Art therapy is also a great way to practice mindfulness and staying in the present moment. It is very enjoyable for me and I am really getting into painting more and more these days. I was drawing quite a bit but now painting is my main joy in art therapy.
