Ghosts of the past.

I did this for one of my art therapy classes during grad school. We had groups that met throughout the whole school year and our assignment was to spend something like at least 2 hours per week to work on our own art.

I really learned a whole lot about myself in this class. You could dive in as deep as you wanted or keep things on the surface. I wanted to take full advantage to dig deep, so I dove in whole-heartedly without any idea on what I'd find. It was a scary journey, but it was also amazing. If any of you out there are looking for ways to take a look at yourself and what's going on in your life....doing artwork for yourself is an excellent way to do some soul-searching.

It's not the end-product that matters...there's deeper meaning in the process. Sometimes you'll see things you like, sometimes you'll see things you don't want to see. If you're not ready to see whatever it is you're not ready for, you probably won't see it anyways....not until some time passes and you're ready to see things you didn't notice before.

As for what this piece means to me, I did it when we were on the topic of "the miracle question" for a different class. I was personally working through a lot of things during this time, so you can see a lot of it in the art. I think I was trying to deal with the ghosts of the past. It has a lot of meaning, but I won't go into that now. Maybe another time.