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| Seeds of Love |
Last week I met with my art expression group. I asked the group to consider a gift of peace. In the form of a mandala, as an antithesis to so much dis-ease and unrest that people are suffering throughout the world, the group created their ideas of peace.
Group members did a fabulous job sharing their images and ideas. Since this is a new group, and a first time for me running an art therapy group at church, I decided not to use any of the participants work in this post and respect their privacy.
This piece of art was the only one I created in our third session. I felt comfortable to engage, and wanted to contribute my desires for peace in the processing discussion.
The yellow heart occupying the center is the love of Spirit rooted and growing strong. The heart sends off shoots into the world for more seeds of love to take root and grow, and so on.
I remember a supervisor always telling me, "You may not see the affects of your therapy on the client, but you are planting seeds that may be the impetus for change in the future." Hopefully, our positive thoughts in that moment will translate into a ripple effect touching more lives than just the few in the room. Here's to peace.
Group members did a fabulous job sharing their images and ideas. Since this is a new group, and a first time for me running an art therapy group at church, I decided not to use any of the participants work in this post and respect their privacy.
This piece of art was the only one I created in our third session. I felt comfortable to engage, and wanted to contribute my desires for peace in the processing discussion.
The yellow heart occupying the center is the love of Spirit rooted and growing strong. The heart sends off shoots into the world for more seeds of love to take root and grow, and so on.
I remember a supervisor always telling me, "You may not see the affects of your therapy on the client, but you are planting seeds that may be the impetus for change in the future." Hopefully, our positive thoughts in that moment will translate into a ripple effect touching more lives than just the few in the room. Here's to peace.
