I saw this amazing clip on RAGE briefly today. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5J-WpgOzW9A rarley do I watch TV except Sundays when alot of art stuff is on TV. The film clip is meaning so much more to me now that Im doing the Art Therapy. Ive become so much more in tune with feelings and symbols, signs. More in touch with the spiritual life. I asked Aileen last week is that what Art Therapy is designed to do and she said yes that's the whole point. As she has degrees in art, I asked her do they teach that as part of your art degree. She said they don't, its all about techniques ect... all the hard skills. Art Therapy teaches you the soft skills.
For the last 3 days three different friends have poured out their pain to me. I try to reflect back to them what their strengths are and try to part with them looking alot happier. I just wish I was better at this stuff. Its always an honour when someone cries in my company. They always apologize but I tell them that it is an honour for me because that means they trust me. That trust is everything to me. Its more important than liking someone, although having that combo is the ultimate. For me watching them cry shows me they are vulnerable, which then leaves me the space to love them more. I think its a real strength to be able to show how you are feeling. I walk away from those situations feeling valued, with a softness about me that I like. I quite often join in with their crying and since being in Canberra I have learned to cry silently, which is way more painful than the keening I used to do in Katherine.
For the last 3 days three different friends have poured out their pain to me. I try to reflect back to them what their strengths are and try to part with them looking alot happier. I just wish I was better at this stuff. Its always an honour when someone cries in my company. They always apologize but I tell them that it is an honour for me because that means they trust me. That trust is everything to me. Its more important than liking someone, although having that combo is the ultimate. For me watching them cry shows me they are vulnerable, which then leaves me the space to love them more. I think its a real strength to be able to show how you are feeling. I walk away from those situations feeling valued, with a softness about me that I like. I quite often join in with their crying and since being in Canberra I have learned to cry silently, which is way more painful than the keening I used to do in Katherine.
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This is wonderful. You have come a long way Kimmy. No need to ever worry about being alone ... with your love for everyone else we are all there for you. I wish I could hug you right now.
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