听by Rush Cole
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听 听 听...blackness.听听Trapped.听听Overwhelmed.听听No way out.听听Tired, so tired.听听Sudden energy from the surge of self-hatred that roared through me.
听 听 听 听 鈥淕et it over with, you don鈥檛 deserve to live!鈥澨齌he blade against my wrist.听
听 听 听The Voice, coming from a part of me I didn鈥檛 know existed. 鈥淧ut down the…
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by Deb Schroder
As we prepare for the beginning of a new academic year, I take inventory of our art supplies and start compiling lists of what needs to be ordered. From teaching and making art in the large art therapy classroom I became aware this summer, of the scarcity of the color black. Black…
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An Art-Based Ritual
by Deb Schroder
Artwork created by Magdalena Karlick
A summer ritual in the art therapy program has begun again. We鈥檝e started our annual 鈥淧ortfolio Review鈥 process which is a part of the transition for first year students who are ready to begin second year in the fall.
Deborah John and I will…
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I just spent about an hour and a half playing a board game. At work, in my office. Believe me, I know I have a great job.
One of our students, Stephanie Murphy, is getting ready to graduate and brought her Capstone Project over. Yes, that鈥檚 the board game! It鈥檚 a visually dynamic, thought-provoking and…
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I once painted an image of a tree when I had more paint on my brush than I thought I had and created a big purple splash in the middle of the tree branches. I played with it a while and came to appreciate the shapes that emerged as the paint flowed and eventually dried.
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