Camino interior

I signed up for an art therapy class this month called 'Creating Greater Self-Esteem.' It's put on by an Ursuline sister and there are three or four of us in the class. The first week I hated it, but this week it was okay. I guess I wanted to be doing real 'art' rather than 'crafts.'

The process is interesting and it is all about the process vs. the product. The idea is just to instinctively work on your art pieces and then to talk about them. The sister frequent suggests that everything has a reason and to look for metaphors and themes.

After making a name picture to present ourselves, the first project was to make a doll to represent healthy self-esteem. I didn't want to make a doll, and I also decided I didn't want to use any glue. In any case, I started my doll by sewing material onto popsicle sticks and the end result was very different than the glittery, smily people like figures my classmates made..