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Forum Art Gallery helps children access their artistic creativity to encourage relaxation and experience joy. Forum, in its stride to extend art to those who need it most, those who can befit from its healing powers imparts art therapy as a tool and aide to deal with life's challenges.
Art is a universal visual language spoken and understood by all.
It is a strong communication tool that can portray a gamut of emotions.
Any one willing to sit down for a few minutes can enjoy the poetry and verse of art, the joy that resounds as every syllable is muttered, expressed and delivered.
Engaging in activities that explore Colours, textures, magazine pictures, shapes and mediums that have a strong non-verbal component, the creations will effortlessly bypass conditioned verbal patterns and outline that which lies deep within.
That which lies deep within has a power to heal. The power to deal with emotions, stress, disease, pain and suffering that by itself becomes therapeutic.
In today's global world, challenges are hurled at speeds faster than meteors.
The singularly most important tool that can shape thought processes is art. It can relieve stress, tap into creative energy and simply enable a person to have a great time.
In a therapy session, the type of photos chosen by the kids speak of the range of emotions they have yet to express verbally. Some choose photographs that depict loneliness others symbols of beauty. For kids with cancer, one can only imagine how hard it is to express how they truly feel. The process of thinking, choosing and creating an image in and of itself is healing. At so many levels images blast in front of our eyes and we take these images for granted.The children are steered towards higher awareness and healing by using art as a communication medium.
The therapy may include trying to get the patient (and maybe even their families) to narrate their life stories and emotions. It results in a purging or cathartic effect but there's a certain purity in the knowing and acknowledging, a subtle dance between the listener and narrator.
Certainly, a lot of the therapy is subject to mixed interpretation.However,at the end of a session when the child displays a smile, an expression of pure joy and pride at the sight of his creation, an art work that reflects more than emotions can express, the therapy can be deemed as complete and effective. |
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