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Processing Creatively
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I'm an artist and an author. Most of my writing/journaling has been done in tandem with the art I've made. I've experienced emotional freedom through writing and creating and I want to encourage ot...
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Creativity is one of my most productive forms of "good" self therapy. What most drives me as an artist is to help people see the value the process can have for themselves. It's encouraging to know that other people are having success getting other...
Thanks, Angela. Enjoy your new arrival and life with your glass half full! :)
what beautiful creativity well done :>
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- Do you have a website?
- http://www.journeyoncanvas.com
- What interests would you like to share with friends and members of OTI?
- I'm interested in connecting my spiritual memoir with people it will most help. Dancing in the Doghouse is a resource for people interested in the following: anxiety, bipolar disorder, codependency, manic depression, mental health, spirituality, spiritual growth, Christianity, art therapy, mental illness, recovery, sleep disorders, working the 12 Steps, depression, memoir, spiritual autobiography, sharing life stories, spiritual memoir, and the power of personal testimonies. Therapists are sharing Dancing in the Doghouse with their clients. People are being helped when they interact with my website and read the entries there. Please visit my website if you have clients who need to know that they are not alone in their struggles.
- Can you share a brief bio?
- Alisa 's mission is to reveal the power of personal testimony: to heal, bring comfort and encourage spiritual growth. Alisa received her B.F.A. from Pratt Institute and has an M.S. in education. She has worked as both a professional artist and an educator. Dancing in the Doghouse reflects the richness of Alisa’s experience as a creator and teacher. Through words and images, Alisa points to our creator. Her background brings insight and a unique expression for a daily human experience: the presence of God. Alisa invites readers to share their own experience of God’s presence on her website: www.journeyoncanvas.com All images from Dancing in the Doghouse can be viewed in full color, and suggestions for sharing one’s own story can be found throughout the site.
Summary for Dancing in the Doghouse: "Alisa’s life hasn’t been easy. Like most, her past is filled with ordinary (yet considerable) challenges -common things not easily overcome. Looking back, Alisa sees struggle and suffering, but she also finds much hope mingled with it. She can see the hope because she has kept an account of it: on papers with a pencil, upon canvases with a paintbrush, using torn papers, pastels, glitter and ink. Reflecting on this account, Alisa discovers that someone has been with her through it all: an ever-present, personal and loving God. Dancing in the Doghouse shares this hope for the chance that others will see it, know it and share it too. www.journeyoncanvas.com also allows viewers to email Alisa to share and inquire.
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Processing Creatively
I'm an artist and an author. Most of my writing has been done in tandem with the art I've made. I've experienced emotional freedom through writing and creating and I want to encourage others to give it a try themselves. People hold back on using these forms of expression because somehow they've gotten the idea that it's not enough if what they make helps them. They feel it has to be "good" to be worthwhile. My training and life experience begs to differ; it's about the process NOT the product.… Continue
Posted on October 16, 2009 at 1:24pm — 2 Comments
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- At 3:44pm on November 11, 2009,
DeeAnna Merz Nagel said… - Hi and welcome (belated!)
DeeAnna
- At 1:10pm on October 13, 2009,
Alisa E. Clark said…
- It is my mission is to reveal the power of personal testimony: to heal, bring comfort and encourage spiritual growth. I published my own personal testimony and created a website to help others write and share their own journey. I’m looking to connect with the people who will be helped by what I have shared and encouraged others to share. Therapists are sharing my resources with clients. People are finding comfort when they read about someone who’s not so different from them: struggling people are discovering they are not alone. I want to reach as many people as I can. The Online Therapy Institute looks like a good place to connect with those who would have an interest in what I have to share.
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