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oh my. i absolutely am in love with this image. thank you for sharing it.
kathleen, what is a registerd expressive arts consultant educator? that's what i am, but what about the registered part of it?
how do i access your td of your mom's passing,kathleen? thank you so much, gail b
thank you for sharing your powerful art and story. I feel the calm, and also the sense of "history" and depth. i find it a very compelling piece and i applaud your courage in staying with the process and then offering your art for witnessing.
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Kathleen, I did this in a workshop the day after my dad died 12 days ago. I wasnt going to attend but my family encouraged me. I cried, I screamed inside, I clawed the paper, I got fuzzy headed, and then calm This is the calm and I call it MY PEAC...
this is beautiful and profound! thanks for sharing!
kathleen
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- At 7:37pm on August 30, 2009,
Patricia Kosdan said…
- Gail, I just saw your image and find it hauntingly beautiful. I would love to understand your layering of color if you care to share this. Thanks for blessing us all with your art. Pat
- At 7:43pm on March 10, 2009,
Kathleen Horne said…
- Hi Gail
sorry i didn't see your messages to me, as they are written on your page. If you leave a comment on my page, i will get an email notifying me that it is there. Anyway, to access the video of my art about my mother, go to Nancy Watson's page on TD community; she has a video that she has made of my art and words. Let me know if you need more direction, and i would be happy to hear your response.
Regarding REACE (Registered Expressive Arts Consultant Educator) it is a recent registration process through IEATA (International Expressive Arts Therapy Association). If you go to ieata.org and click on "professional standards" and then REACE, you can download the whole application packet. I am the co-chair of the committee, and if you send an email with questions to the link, i will receive it and answer. I am very excited about this registration process and a clearer professional identity for many people who are doing incredible work in this field.
Take good care, Gail. It is great to connect
warmly
kathleen
- At 10:27am on March 3, 2009,
Deborah Koff-Chapin said…
- You did it!
- At 10:42am on March 2, 2009,
Deborah Koff-Chapin said…
- Gail, Great to have you here with us. More soon - Love, Deborah
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- My interest is in
- Touch Drawing Personal Use, SoulCards Personal Use, Facilitating Touch Drawing, Deborah's Art
- What brings you to an interest in Touch Drawing or SoulCards?
- masters in Psychology, Creative Expression. I facilate/teach process painting, visual journaling, expressive arts, dance, and music. I do art that's contemplative and expressive. My goal in teaching is to allow each person to find a safe space to trust self and take risks in unfamiliar creative territory. As we do that, we connect more deeply with ourselves and the truth we are living and with those around us. The essential intention of this kind of art is that it is a mindfulness practice, full of heart, heat, and healing. I work with seniors and Seniors Making Art, private sessions, and in public sand private chools.
- My experience applies to:
- Therapy, Art, Creativity, Spiritual, Intuitive, Children, Aging, Hospice, Grief, Expressive Arts, Creative Art Therapy
- Other areas of interest & experience
- Hiking, Yoga. Mediation.. Dance
- Have you done Touch Drawing?
- Yes
- How did you find out about the Touch Drawing Community?
- Women of Wisdom Conference in the mid 1990's. Deborah was there with Meinrad Craighead.
- Have you facilitated Touch Drawing?
- Yes
- In what setting have you facilitated?
- Touch Drawing with a small class ---- Visual Journaling --- on a kitchen table with open doors and bird song, bright green, tender leaves on the tree outside the window, and shining sun.... all three times! Also, with seniors at Hilltop House near Harborview Hospital in Seattle.
- Share a special experience with Touch Drawing or SoulCards.
- My dad died. The next day I took part in a touch drawing workshop that Deborah was facilitating. I cried, I laughed, i was angry, I was exhausted, and I was calm. One drawing will be used at my dad's memorial service. I am grateful to have been with the group of Touch Drawers that day.
I draw a soul card or two nearly every day. I ask, "What do I need to sustain me today, to be grateful?
- Do you facilitate SoulCards with others?
- Yes
- If so, with whom and how?
- Friends and workshop participants.
- Is there anything else you would like us to know about you?
- I'll take Touch Drawing to Homer and Anchorage , Alaska when I tothere to teach in July. I'm excited!
- City, state, zip and/or region and country
- Issaquah, WA 98027
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