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Honest Art Making : The Truth Revealed
As Gabor Mate‘ says, “trauma is not what happened to you, trauma is what happened inside you as a result of what happened to you”. Despite my 30 plus years of therapy, earning my Masters in Clinical Psychology and hours in training as a therapist, I could never quite absorb that truth. I was caught in a cycle of trying to heal what happened to me by talking about it. This is not bad, and I never want to poo poo talk therapy, but sometimes I get very sad about the 30 years I spent...
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Tender Observing
I belong to a wonderful Facebook group called “A Stand for Art Journaling”, founded by the amazing Orly Avineri....
What’s so great about making art?
One of my mentors and dear friends Laurie Doctor wrote another thought provoking post on her wonderful blog, A Silver...
Embracing the Fallow Times
I read a blog post recently written by my new inspiring friend Tara Leaver. It was a part of a blog...
A little artists blog hop action to inspire…. and connect cool people!
A couple of days ago I was nominated by a new lovely friend, Maz Hawes (please check her out because she is...
Processing Anger
I am just starting to document my journal process as I let my emotions out on the page. I am not totally sure how I...
Morning Practice
This morning I was feeling completely off. I am sick, and have been cooped up in my house for days (on top of the...
Music helps me sink in and feel it all
One of my dearest loves introduced me to Bill Frisell about 7 years ago. I have been revisiting his music...
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