Somatic Art Therapy
Somatic Therapy relates to the body, and is separate from the mental chatter that
often overrides creativity and joy.
We feel the sensations of anger, fear, and shame (to name a few) but often fail to
get unblocked and be productive.
Art therapy is powerful, yet a safe and gentle way to find the answers you seek.
Your life is built in the environment you create
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Any Artistic Endeavor -
The artist is not a special kind of person, rather each person is a special kind of artist
- A. Coomaraswamy
A List of Possibilities
I make art to show my Soul that I am listening
- Pat Wiederspan
Aroma Therapy
Life is about using all the colors
Blogging
Artists are regular people driven to communicate
Baking
Create with the heart, build with the mind - Criss Jami
Carpentry
When I am working on a problem, I never think about beauty... but when I am finished,
if the solution is not beautiful, I know it is wrong - R. Buckminster Fuller
Drawing
Creativity is a mind set free
Exercise & Movement
Creativity is intelligence having fun - Albert Einstein
Furniture Refinishing
I found I could say things with color and shapes - Georgia O'Keeffe
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Journaling
Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time
- Thomas Merton
Jewelry Design
I begin with an idea, and then it becomes something else
- Picasso
Leathercraft
The most regretful people on earth are those who felt the call to creative work...
and gave it neither power nor time - Mary Oliver
Memoir - Story Telling
You can create masterpieces with emotions...
Music
There is no healthier drug than creativity
Painting
Whether you succeed or not is irrelevant, there is no such thing!
Making your unknown known is the important thing - Georgia O'Keeffe
Photography
Creativity is seeing what others see and thinking what no one else ever thought
- Albert Einstein
Pottery
Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up
- Picasso
Poetry
I have nature, art, and poetry - Vincent van Gogh
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Sewing
Have no fear of perfection, you'll never reach it - Dali
Stained Glass
Find the art in everything
Sculpture
One eye sees, the other feels - Klee
Video
The inspiration and passion you seek is within you
Van Conversion
Art is an adventure into an unknown world - Rothko
Web Design
Learn how to see, realize that everything connects to everything else
-Leonardo Da Vinci
Writing
Does your heart like your work, does your soul like how you live?
Zen Garden
An artist is a beginner who kept beginning - Annetta McBain
Being an artist means healing your wounds, and at the same time exposing them...
Annette Mesager