I decided to go with this class because when i read both descriptions aloud..INSTANTLY my heart sung with this one along with "THIS IS IT" moment so I couldnt ignore the clear voice any longer and signed up for an August 8th session. Can I just say from the moment i knocked on the door I felt such peace (normally I would be nervous)? But i came with such confidence and not one preconceived idea of how things would go (again another rarity). I knocked on the door and instantly saw one of my fav quotes which happens to be hanging in my bathroom, "Life Isn't About Finding Yourself. Life Is About Creating Yourself." Love it! so I met my teacher DM and we went right into exercises where she would say a series of words and I would either draw or write a word on my sketchpad. She got to the fourth word,"Creativity." and i wrote "Me!". She said wow thats usually doesnt happen so fast. So we talked about why i was here and she said I was a seer and made comments on what I said. Then she brought me this African statue that was quite curvy (there was no distinct facial features but more geometric shapes) and she told me to pick an area and get off the page with it (literally) and i was like umm..im used to being right in the middle and drawing my picture but later i realized isnt that something some of us do in life.We say im fine being in the middle in my comfortable position. God says he wants more for us he wants us to expand. So for some reason the child struck me so that s what i drew (the pic above). The whole conversation with DM was so natural and freeing and i could already tell i would be booking another session with her. Oh and the medium we used were pastels which ive never worked with but can i say they are so freeing and messy but easily blendable that i loved it . Those of my friends that know me well know i dont do messy at all. But this was great.I was becoming one with my art and how amazing is that! Isnt that what i was talking about a couple of posts back ..about wanting freedom in my art.Then we did an exercise where she wanted me to draw the habitat this woman and her child lived in and i was like my imagination isnt that good. I can only draw something i can visually see. she said theres is no wrong answer so before I knew it I drew fruit bearing trees, hut, a road, sun. DM said pretty good for someone who doesnt have an imagination. lol. so then we were talking more and i had mentioned my mother in law recently dying and how our faith has been .She said oh what faith is this and i said a christian. she immediately had a huge smile and hugged me and said im a christian too. Thank God you are not another new age student (i love all of my students) but I have been praying for a christian and some of things you said about being ruled by peace in the beginning... i immediately said oh great...another one). lol! This cracked me up. She said Can we pray? I said of course and she said the most powerful prayer about God showing himself strong through my art. it was amazing. She said knowng you are a christian changes what i want you to do in future sessionsif you decide to book them. So then i started telling her about God showing me in the beginning of the year "Enlarge my Vision". It was such a great session that we went over. She invited me for something to drink afterwards so we found a cute little restaurant that had this adorable patio and we nosh and talked and she shared things with me about her life. I loved the sharing and realized what a great woman of God she is. It was amazing! She treated and kept saying what a blessing i was. We hugged and i left. When i got home I had this energy..even zest for life that i didn't have before. It was incredible that i was starting to see more clearly than i have in months this woman God shaped to be. I came for an art session and i got alot more.
Artistic Therapeutic Expression Session #1
I decided to go with this class because when i read both descriptions aloud..INSTANTLY my heart sung with this one along with "THIS IS IT" moment so I couldnt ignore the clear voice any longer and signed up for an August 8th session. Can I just say from the moment i knocked on the door I felt such peace (normally I would be nervous)? But i came with such confidence and not one preconceived idea of how things would go (again another rarity). I knocked on the door and instantly saw one of my fav quotes which happens to be hanging in my bathroom, "Life Isn't About Finding Yourself. Life Is About Creating Yourself." Love it! so I met my teacher DM and we went right into exercises where she would say a series of words and I would either draw or write a word on my sketchpad. She got to the fourth word,"Creativity." and i wrote "Me!". She said wow thats usually doesnt happen so fast. So we talked about why i was here and she said I was a seer and made comments on what I said. Then she brought me this African statue that was quite curvy (there was no distinct facial features but more geometric shapes) and she told me to pick an area and get off the page with it (literally) and i was like umm..im used to being right in the middle and drawing my picture but later i realized isnt that something some of us do in life.We say im fine being in the middle in my comfortable position. God says he wants more for us he wants us to expand. So for some reason the child struck me so that s what i drew (the pic above). The whole conversation with DM was so natural and freeing and i could already tell i would be booking another session with her. Oh and the medium we used were pastels which ive never worked with but can i say they are so freeing and messy but easily blendable that i loved it . Those of my friends that know me well know i dont do messy at all. But this was great.I was becoming one with my art and how amazing is that! Isnt that what i was talking about a couple of posts back ..about wanting freedom in my art.Then we did an exercise where she wanted me to draw the habitat this woman and her child lived in and i was like my imagination isnt that good. I can only draw something i can visually see. she said theres is no wrong answer so before I knew it I drew fruit bearing trees, hut, a road, sun. DM said pretty good for someone who doesnt have an imagination. lol. so then we were talking more and i had mentioned my mother in law recently dying and how our faith has been .She said oh what faith is this and i said a christian. she immediately had a huge smile and hugged me and said im a christian too. Thank God you are not another new age student (i love all of my students) but I have been praying for a christian and some of things you said about being ruled by peace in the beginning... i immediately said oh great...another one). lol! This cracked me up. She said Can we pray? I said of course and she said the most powerful prayer about God showing himself strong through my art. it was amazing. She said knowng you are a christian changes what i want you to do in future sessionsif you decide to book them. So then i started telling her about God showing me in the beginning of the year "Enlarge my Vision". It was such a great session that we went over. She invited me for something to drink afterwards so we found a cute little restaurant that had this adorable patio and we nosh and talked and she shared things with me about her life. I loved the sharing and realized what a great woman of God she is. It was amazing! She treated and kept saying what a blessing i was. We hugged and i left. When i got home I had this energy..even zest for life that i didn't have before. It was incredible that i was starting to see more clearly than i have in months this woman God shaped to be. I came for an art session and i got alot more.
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