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Luuurve | First Day of School 2013

 

 

Really, there are no words that can express what's going on in my head right now. 

I think my smile says it all.

Next Step

School is finally out, and I think I have recovered from the craziest semester ever.  My final semester of undergraduate school.

I am a college graduate.

Let that sink in a bit more.

 

I.

AM.

A.

COLLEGE.

GRADUATE.

 

I realize a ton of people have done that in the past, and many more will graduate in the future, but guess what now I am one of them.

What exactly does that mean?  Well loans and now More. School.  I am finally at the point where I will begin to be able give something more back & hopefully help someone become whole again.

 

Like someone helped me a few years ago. 

 

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So after a fun summer of volunteering, art making, work, and misc. fun my adventure back into school resumes.  I will be attending Eastern Virginia Medical School in August. 

I will be studying Art Therapy and Counseling.  This is what all this work has lead up to...me being a grown-up.

Ha.  Me a grown-up? Never.

When I started school I was excited to go back, but never REALLY imaginied I would come to the point of actually fininshing my bachelors.  I had tried 2 times before without success.

This time was different.  With the support of a great family, awesome friends, and the most loving, gentle, fun, kind, supportive, and patient husband ----> I did it.

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On another note... I've been working a little watercolor painting recently.

Self

I shared this today over at the Virginia Art Therapy Blog, and thought I would share it here as well.  Check out VATA if you'd like to learn more about the experiences of being an Art Therapist.

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Last month I had to create a self portrait in my painting course.  I was stumped.  Now we all know a self portrait doesn’t have to always involve a face (thank goodness, ‘cause that was NEVER going to happen).  While I was sitting at my kitchen table brainstorming my mind began to wander a bit.  I was thinking how much I was opposed to this project; who wants to see the self portrait of a fat girl? 

All of a sudden I snapped out of it and said, “I do!”  I want to see me; I want other people to see how I see myself.  I want to be honest about the fact that I LOVE ME.  There are things I want to change, there are ways I could be healthier, there are ways I could take better care of myself, but in general I love me the way I am.

I finally realized this assignment wasn’t necessarily about the physical, but more about being introspective and having that process come out on the canvas.  This was a hard realization.  I didn’t want to fail myself; I wanted to do something really honest, something raw, and something intimate.  I wanted to make something I would be really proud of. 

I did it.

 

SHE TURNED HER CANT'S INTO CANS AND DREAMS INTO PLANS

 

I created a painting I am proud of, I investigated painting techniques I had been afraid to try, I incorporated so much of myself at times it pained me; the pain of honesty, the pain of seeing the myths I tell myself.  I learned through this experience that I am enough.  I am lucky to have been given the chance to take this look at myself.

Me. In Other Places. Again

Hey!  Check out the interview I did with Art Therapist Theresa Quinn over on the Virginia Art Therapy Association Blog! 

She was so awesome to help me out and helped me gain a bit of insight that I am sure will come in handy over the next few years! 

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Theresa can be found:

Quinn Art Therapy:  http://quinnarttherapy.com/

On Facebook: Quin Art Therapy:  http://www.facebook.com/pages/Quinn-Art-Therapy/115878985095450

I Totally Forgot to...

tell you about my post in the Volunteer Corner at the Rappahannock Council Against Sexual Assault and the post at the Virginia Art Therapy Association!

 

Go. Now. Read.

Quote-a-riffic

This holiday weekend treat yourself.

card 6/100

This is the 6th card for my goal of leave 100 art cards that inspire, anonymously from my Stupendous Life List. 

You are welcome to download and print out to leave for a stranger, friend, or anyone else you can think of.

 

 

**********OH!  You can find my most recent post for the Virginia Art Therapy Association Blog on their site.  

 

I Got a New Gig!

Exciting news!

As some of you know I went back to school in September of 2008.  I have been working hard and am transferring to UMW this summer.  I am studying Studio Art and plan to pursue a Master’s Degree in Art Therapy and Counseling.  On that note, I joined the American Art Therapy Association and the Virginia Art Therapy Association as a student.

Drum roll please…  I have been asked to be the Student blogger of the Virginia Art Therapy Association!  My first post can be found at the VATA website TODAY!! 

I look forward to sharing my personal experiences, being authentic, and open about my journey, struggles, joys, and even the minutia of a student’s life.  OH!  Also, keep an eye out for an interview or three with other Art Therapy Students from around the country, all in different stages of their education.