by gramm_t8518 | May 19, 2016 | Art Therapy, Counselling, Expressive Arts Therapy, Happiness, Love and Light, Mindfulness
A darling friend of mine recommended a video series by Nanice on Spiritual Awakening. This is a weekly series over a period of 7 weeks, about an hour in duration, on waking up and becoming a more conscious being. It is not religious in nature, but instead takes on a...
by gramm_t8518 | May 16, 2016 | Art Therapy, Arts, Counselling, Creativity, Expressive Arts Therapy, Mindfulness, Self-Expression
As a newbie artist, I am still working on developing techniques and trying new things in my quest to learn more about mixed media art. If you’ve been reading this blog, you’ll know that I’ve been reading about mindfulness and meditation, in terms of the benefits for...
by gramm_t8518 | Oct 23, 2015 | Arts, Creativity, Self-Expression
A darling and wonderful friend of mine recently recommended a book to end all books on the joys of creativity and how to nurture the artist within. This book, my friend says, is so good that she nearly sleeps with it and has been unable to put it down. She was in her...
by gramm_t8518 | May 27, 2015 | Arts, Creativity, Mindfulness, Poetry, Self-Expression
This TED talk was referred to me by my expressive arts therapist. A discussion initiated by Elizabeth Gilbert, the writer of the extremely successful book “Eat, Pray, Love”, touches on the creative genius in each and every one of us. A favourite moment in the talk is...
by gramm_t8518 | May 16, 2015 | Art Therapy, Arts, Creativity, Expressive Arts Therapy, Self-Expression, Workshops
I have been in a workshop series with Mady Mooney, an Arts Therapist, every Monday for 5 weeks in Vancouver throughout April and May. Part of the beauty of the mask making process for me was having one side reveal how we express our different faces to the world, and...