Creative Genius (Week One)
During the second half of class, we are practicing the art therapy techniques and the theories that were explored in the first half of class. At the end of the week, we are to create a blog post about the class and the art that is created. In this first class, we just discussed the concept of being a "Creative Genius" In that discussion, it was argued whether or not we all had the ability to be a creative genius. Through that discussion for our practical part of the day we wrote about a moment when we felt that we were a creative genius, I described an event from one of my big panic attacks, where I tried to help myself by making a list of how I could one day get out of the unsafe and panic-inducing hell hole of a home that I was in. Thus, when asked what brings out that creativity, I concluded that it came out as: (a) trying to help me protect myself and my feelings, (b) finding a way to soothe myself, and (c) to feel sa...