Art

Claudia – Waterlillies

Claudia talks about how she painted on panels big enough to hug to help her with her grief

Saved by a Unicorn: How I Found the Positive in Grief, One Stitch at a Time

Looking back, I had no idea how to even continue to live. A simple attempt at something therapeutic sent the negative bereavement energy into a positive direction. It made me realize my strengths, at a time when I felt I had none at all. It provided a space where I am now better able to manage grief when it hits.

Jenn – Art can give voice

Jenn talks about the barriers that may prevent someone from including art as part of their grief or emotional process including judgment of your art skills and more.

Kate – Things I do that help

Kate talks about how art, hiking and visiting the cemetery can be very therapeutic

Chantal – Graphic novels and art therapy

Chantal defines what a graphic novel is and how words mix with imagery like a dance

Jacqueline – Where to store art works

Jacqueline explains how art can be like journal entries that you would keep private

Chantal – What is art therapy?

Chantal explains how art therapy helps us express in ways that words can’t

Doodles

On the first anniversary, I invited people who would understand – friends who knew Marshal’s love of art, and his creative spirit. They all came.

I had copied several of Marshal’s doodles of incomplete characters and creatures, with some finished for the kids to color. I eagerly watched to see which doodle or drawing each person chose.

Jackie – Warming up to do art

Jackie explains how warming up is a way into expressive arts

Jackie – Expressive arts and grief

Jackie talks about expressive arts as systems of support

Jacqueline – How to help a grieving friend

Jacqueline discusses the power of just being there with someone in grief

Carrie – Photography and grieving

Carrie discusses how photography can be very freeing in that it allows for exploration and move us away from the need to explain and can be more about experience what our own process is all about.