jaccat
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I've always used art and writing to get stuff out if my head. That's how I started. I keep my different types of writing/drawing separate from each other. I have a book in which I write fiction and poetry, a journal for transcribing my therapy sessions, and another book when I get that need to get something out of my system. In there I get out my scary poems- they are weird, surreal, violent and yet more true to me than much else of what I write. I don't worry about what comes out in there. No one's ever going to see it, unless I become happy translating one of those poems into something publishable (which means first becoming comfortable with the thought/memory that produced it).
Finally, I have a sketchbook. I rarely draw. Nearly always when I do it's because I'm too 'bunged up' to write. I did one at Christmas. It's definitely not your average work of art. I'm not sure I'd even call it abstract. I haven't been able to look at it yet, but it helped me deal with the flashback I was experiencing.
I find I have to get those thoughts out of my system somehow. If I don't they gather in my head and stopper me up completely.
Finally, I have a sketchbook. I rarely draw. Nearly always when I do it's because I'm too 'bunged up' to write. I did one at Christmas. It's definitely not your average work of art. I'm not sure I'd even call it abstract. I haven't been able to look at it yet, but it helped me deal with the flashback I was experiencing.
I find I have to get those thoughts out of my system somehow. If I don't they gather in my head and stopper me up completely.
