Monday, 29 March 2010

Art Therapy

27 Mar 2010 - Saturday - My daughter and I attended an art therapy session organised by the Psychosocial Oncology Dept at NCC. Its aim is for family members to bond through art.

We warmed up with drawing outlines of our hand or foot, and getting other attendees to outline theirs on our paper. Then we had to identify the outlines through the owners.

Next, was the squiggles and doodles that we left on one and other's papers before coming back to our own and trying to make sense of our collection of squiggles and doodles.

Finally, comes the big piece of canvas that all of us laboured on with our love and bonding. My daughter decided on the theme and did the sketching. I helped with the painting and probably messed up her idea as well. I think it did not matter how the painting turned out, but we enjoyed ourselves messing with the paints.

The organisers are planning an art exhibition for our labour of love sometime in April in an art gallery in Joo Chiat. Cool, artists wannabes.

The products of our labour of love :



'The Unwavering Tree' is our combined efforts.

Its precarious position represents the resilient spirits of cancer survivors in overcoming difficulties to lead meaningful lives.

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