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A blog for my MHWA group dealings and anxiety issues I deal with. |
| What forms of art therapy do you practice other than writing? Do you draw, play an instrument, garden, sew, scrapbook, do photography? What forms of art therapy would you like to take up in the future? Do you even think art therapy works? I consider myself artistic. I have an art desk that I recently bought and I've purchased things to go inside my drawers to work on drawing and painting, but I haven't done anything with it since I've bought them. But it's there if I want to, right? I have been doing a lot of wood burning projects last month so it's not been a total waste of time or money. I love wood burning. I love the smell it gives off and I love the designs I do. I love the detail I try to put into the work I do, though I often fear I'm going to mess up, which I have. My self-esteem will start to get to me and then I just want to chuck it all into the garbage and not ever look at it again, but I haven't. I'm trying to better myself with confidence and the people who care about me have been so very supportive. I know my projects aren't the greatest. I know this, I want to do better at it, and I'm getting better at it, I'm just not confident enough yet. Not sure if I ever will be. I've had people offer to buy my work, but I'm afraid they will get it, see a flaw in it and change their minds so I refuse to sell any of it. I also have a huge coffee table we are redoing the center of. I bought the wood for it, I have ideas, tons of ideas, for it, but it sets undone because I'm scared of such a big piece. I'm scared I'm going to fuck it up and it's just going to look horrid. I'm not ready to do it, but my boyfriend wants me to get it done. I understand that he does, but he just doesn't get that I'm not ready to work on such a project yet. Anyway, so yes. I think art therapy is wonderful. It keeps me occupied. It gives me something else to focus on rather than the day to day mundane shit that gets my anxiety going. Except that my art sometimes gives me anxiety as well, just not as much as other things do. I just don't offer my art to others and I do okay with my anxiety. Noone else but family sees it close up (because I have put pictures on facebook of my work), so no one sees the flaws I see or don't see that someone else might. I know not everyone is artistic, but you don't have to be to enjoy art. Sometimes it's therapeutic enough just to splatter some paint on a canvas, smear it around, and see what comes out of it. Music is also art and nowadays you don't have to know how to play an instrument to become famous, let alone be able to sing. Just do it if you enjoy doing it and fuck what the rest of the neighborhood thinks!   Shhh. Whisper..... |
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