Processing Emotional Pain through Viewing Art

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This is the fifth post in the series of Processing Emotional Pain. “We often come away from someone else’s creation with a deeper understanding of our own story.” -Jan Phillips in God Is at Eye Level: Photography as a Healing Art

When we spend time with a piece of art in contemplation and prayer, it can access parts of us that perhaps we couldn't access on our own.

Processing Emotional Pain through Creating Art

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This is the fourth post in the series of Processing Emotional Pain. Many people find comfort in processing their pain through art - dance, paint, pen, words, film. Each medium can provide a cathartic release and expression of pain.

Photography is the medium I myself choose to use most often, followed by words, and then by doodles.

Here is a doodle from a prayer journal a couple years back: