well this is tricky.....
I just spent a whole lot of time making an animation thing which has turned out too big to post.
It was going to be a post without any words
and here I am back at words.
I love words so I better get over it!
Its the explaining myself with words rather than the arts which bothers me.
words are really rather lovely
the process was wonderful
words are art
The prompt left me reflecting on a session I recently had with a family of adolescent boys -
therapist: what is it about you that has helped you get through this... (subtext - who are you?)
kids: I'm not......
therapist: which means you are.......
kids: kind, safe, friendly, I know how to get out of the way
Jacinta: who are you?
Me: .....................
..... flames.....a figure in child's pose inside the flames.... the figure stands.... the flames come out of the figure's mouth......water washes the flames away (the figure has gone).....out of ash and detritus and water - shoots grow.... and grow....a flower blooms with 'flame like' stamens.... a figure stands, a figure relaxes, a figure smiles....the plant takes over....the standing figure holds some of it up....power...overwhelm...protection....a beautiful pot plant is watered lovingly, the pot is perfect.....the pot cracks and breaks...soil, pot, plant and water everywhere.....the pot is pasted back together, it leaks, the plant grows messily.
.....I am all the pieces of me, everywhere I go, in everything I do.....
....a bold flower, a cheeky nymph pops out and says hello.....
you know.....It doesn't always make me an easy person to be around.
Thank you to whoever suggested this post - its much better to ask a question in the therapy room if I have some idea of what my own answer might be and how I might get there!
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