I will check it out, thanks for the info. It sounds like you have a great bunch of therapeutic thing...
When my daughter was young, my aunt died. She was 4 and I had to make death concrete to a four year old. So, the casket....the lovely box for the Christmas present, her aunt-inside the casket....a gift to God, the flowers atop the casket.....were the holiday bow, the hole outside where the casket was to be placed .....was the postbox to God. Several months later, she drew a Valentine, brought it to me and said she wanted to "send it to her aunt," and we found ourselves outside digging a hole, making a postbox, so her aunt could get a Valentines card and know she was remembered and loved. A few days later, I thought I better retrieve the letter because my daughter might go checking .....it was a good thing, because shortly thereafter she came to me all excited saying her aunt "got" the letter because it was gone. She had been outside digging it up to check. A sweet memory of a simple gift and a simpler time.
I have a need for journaling, drawing, using colors, photography, or even getting outside in the garden. I have spent lots of time making freezer meals, and concocting my own fresh made pizza sauce and pizza dough. Working with dough, is kind of like clay, except you get to eat the end product. You can also feel accomplished as it is a money saver.
Some of my drawings fill in gaps of missing information, while others change history....making me shift how I remember to a gentler vision of what was....
And my most favorite, making music with other people.....I think changes the brain chemistry! Creating anything new....makes new happy neural pathways, and helps to retrain the brain to healthier ways of responding. Creating reduces stress and encourages creativity and personal self satisfaction. I got this new book, the Artist's Way and I have been following that....it really does help to unstick my creativity.
Try reading the book, the Artist's Way and following their suggestions without fail.
