Our first activity was a warm up one with paper cutouts. This is mine but it takes some explanation. It was supposed to be how we felt that day. The green circle is me when I am feeling well. The brown blocks are chemo, radiation and surgery. The blue waves are my mental health. The two hearts are jeff and i, and how he supported me at my appointment that morning (and all the way through). The sun has four rays for the four doctors that helped me. 😊
It's funny because it kind of looks like a nature scene too. The instructor also mentioned that the brown pieces are not touching the others, and maybe that's because it is behind me now.
We then did some painting with acrylic paint. I made two images, the first is a sunset -or maybe a sunrise? With a bridge. I was thinking about crossing the bridge to recovery.
The other is a small ship in the ocean - kind of what having cancer can feel like, trying to fight against the waves and make it through.
The instructor asked me if I thought these are my inside versus outside personas. It kind of caught me by surprise but maybe she has a point! Trying to be strong and "recovered" when I haven't quite made it back to shore yet...
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