Hi

Art for me has been extremely helpful after the death of my son.  I started to attend an art therapy group.  And being able to create something amidst this awfulness, was for me some sort of hope.  It gave me a place to put my feeling other than swirling around in my head.  My first painting was full of words on a black canvas.  Words like desolation, bane , tribulation, anguish, pain etc.  And the canvas stayed like that for about 6 months, then I decided to paint over the words with white but so you could still see the words through it.  I then did some dragon flys on top.  It signifies grief.  The pain will always be there but you have to put on your mask and keep going.  Never getting over anything but holding it all.  I was always told by my family that I missed the artistic genes, but now I don't care what others think, creating is what it's all about, not necesarily the final product.  I would advise anyone to just give it a go!!!!!