Art therapy - share your work here

[freebird]

The Voices In My Head

This is just the best thing I have read in a long time! Thank you!:happy::happy:

Love this thread!

 

[Tornadic Thoughts]

I don't do all this modern technology stuff where you can add photos and such....lol....but am excited I finally taught myself how to draw decent enough feathers, sage bundles, and the shell it rests in....along with a lamb...that mostly looks like one...sort of. Hahahahaha!

I felt that the magnets I make on small leftover bathroom tiles needed some more "oomph" and detail, other than the typical words and drawings I was sharing.

So now my "Smudge That Shit" option has the added visuals of the tools it takes to do it, and my vegan themed options now have a cute-ish little lamb drawing that says, "Eat Your Own Leg, Asshole!". Hahahahaha!

I also finally got the hang of writing messages in spirals, as a way to prompt a "spiral out, baby" effect....or whatever one would like to call it, and I use different colors for each word. I choose thought provoking and inspirational things to say in those....like, "What's ingrained in your brain? Release the pain. There's joy to attain."

So grateful for the creative outlets I've discovered through the years...imagine if I'd been allowed to tap into all this prior to being so set in my ways. lol

 

[Letskeeptrying]

So many of our members are artists. They've learned to express their pain/shame/grief/anger onto ca...

Would this be strictly for visual arts or could musicians be included? This is exciting!

 

[Deleted member 33052]

Would this be strictly for visual arts or could musicians be included? This is exciting!

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First, welcome to the forum, Letskeeptrying, I'm glad you found us!

This is for anything you have created that you want to share. Musicians are most definitely included! I'm looking forward to your posts. :)

 

[Changing4Best]

I'm Depressed Today

I'm depressed today
I don't know why
it is not the kind
that makes me cry

It is more the kind
that bottles up inside
the kind makes me
only wish I'd cried

Some sad music might
be the cause
though I don't want
to press pause.

skb

 

[Deleted member 33052]

I'm Depressed Today

I'm depressed today
I don't know why
it is not the kind
that makes me cry

It...

(((((SheilaKathy)))))

You share your
Pain with us.

If we each hold a little piece -
Just until you're feeling stronger -
Will it lighten your burden?

 

[Changing4Best]

Yes

 

[Changing4Best]

I'll give you my pain
just to hold
not to feel
is that a deal?

 

[Deleted member 33052]

I'll give you my pain
just to hold
not to feel
is that a deal?

I want to say yes.
Compassion without empathy
Is my goal....

I love that last little poem, btw...if you don't mind, I'd like to copy it to remind myself of my goal...

 

[Changing4Best]

Sure, please do! I am honored by that.

 

[Changing4Best]

I re-wrote that last:

I'll give you my pain
just not to feel
instead only to hold
is that a deal?

 

[Changing4Best]

Rambling Thoughts

Someone seemed to have said
they thought I was toxic
that may have been so
more to me, than you though

I've had my pleasure
being obnoxious
just for a few days
like a donkey brays

I suppose that can be toxic
though I didn't mean it to be so
you see, I was just craving attention
any of it, bad or good instruction

Another was being obnoxious
to me, you see?
I just felt irritated enough
that I had to do the same kind of stuff

Then I regretted it
learning your history
I'd had no clue
what you had been through

I just thought
you hated what I loved
so I didn't respect you
when you seemed so blue

I was also affected
by my own troubled soul
feeling hated
because I was elated

You just crossed my path
at the wrong moment
I wish it had been another day
I'm sorry, what more can I say?

It's been a long time
too long really
we have not spoken
my heart's been broken

I wish we were still friends
I suppose that can't be
none the less, I can hope
at least we could cope?

skb