Art therapy - share your work here

[Deleted member 42957]

Some more I did. Art does help communicate feelings when you can't find the words.

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[WishfulThinking123]

@Mangochutney love these pictures, especially the one at the top. I can really feel how trapped and the pain you must have felt..

 

[Deleted member 42957]

:cry: Crying now. Thank you @WishfulThinking123

 

[Deleted member 33052]

@Mangochutney, I think you expressed yourself better than you could have in words. These drawings are beautiful, and so painful! I literally felt my throat closing up and my eyes tearing as I viewed them. I'm so glad you shared them.

Did you feel any sort of relief as you worked on them? Are you still in that place or have you healed some of that pain?

 

[Deleted member 33052]

I said this thread was to share without fear of embarrassment, but after seeing some of this art, I feel like the stuff I'm doing is juvenile and pedestrian. I guess that means I need to post it. :(

So, my therapy group ended in June, and I wanted to make some small tokens for my fellow members. On the last day, as I was rushing to group, late as usual, I remembered to take a photo, which is out of focus. But you'll get the idea.

One member loves to fish. Salmon is his favourite so I carved a salmon out of...some kind of stone, I can't remember what.

Another dreams of becoming a professional singer, hence the obsidian note.

One wears his deceased father's cowboy boots when he feeling like he needs that protective feeling. I stuck a little note in the boot - that's what's sticking out.

Another loves cetations, so I made a marble dolphin. These are all quite small, maybe 2" at most.

There was another, a heart I carved out of arbutus, but I forgot to put it in the photo. Ok, here goes nothing!

 

[Changing4Best]

This thread is ROCKIN' folks, so proud of all of you for what you have shared here. Very touched too.

 

[Deleted member 42957]

@Mal Content. Yes while I was working on them I was so relieved that I was getting something out and physically doing something to help myself rather than it all being about thinking/ thoughts/ questioning etc. I'm kind of stuck at the moment. I have more understanding since then but really want to talk and haven't got to that stage yet. It will come one day I hope.

 

[Deleted member 42957]

@Mal Content .
What an excellent idea. They are so brilliantly carved and all have a meaning behind them. I love gifts like these.

 

[Changing4Best]

I HATE THIS CAMERA!

It does not work
like my old one did
it has its own mind
its own little id.

My old one died
while I shot a rose
she was so pretty
I think she posed.

It was raining
I should have known
digital stuff getting wet
just makes it groan.

My poor old camera
my old buddy true
it died that day
I felt so blue.

Now this "new" one
won't cooperate
I think the garbage can
might be its fate.

I can't get the images
to load in my machine
no matter what I do
it acts all mean.

So I can't take pictures
like I always did
because this thing
is so stupid.
skb

 

[Deleted member 33052]

I HATE THIS CAMERA!

It does not work
like my old one did
it has its own mind
its own little id.

M...

Lol, SK, that was great! I hope you were going for humour, because it made me laugh! :tup:

 

[Deleted member 33052]

This thread is ROCKIN' folks, so proud of all of you for what you have shared here. Very touched to...

I'm feeling really touched, too. Irl, I've never shared any of my efforts because I've never trusted anyone enough to honour my feelings. What a beautiful and generous group we are!

 

[Changing4Best]

Lol, SK, that was great! I hope you were going for humour, because it made me laugh! :tup:

...[/QUOTE]
YUP, this kid has a sense of humor or she would have died long ago from the seriousness of life.