"so i went to class a few minutes late... (rush hour... grrrr) and just as i was walking in my instructor (who i had met the day b4) was talking about me, she remembered my name correctly (bonus points for her!) and so i was set in the midst of them and she proceeded to teach them how to plaster cast a face (my face :O) )
it began with her smothering my face and bordering hair with Vaseline... she sang a bit of the ditty, "getting to know you, getting to know all about you..." as she did this... her voice and the experience all together lulled me into a pleasant place... it was oddly comforting to be behind the coolness and closeness of the mask... it fit my face perfectly... i could feel her pressing the cool plaster strips along all the nuances of my face.... i coulda' actually fallen asleep!
i think that having taken two instructional courses on Art Therapy has made me more in tune with the inner connections i make with so many differing parts of my life, most esp art... and the plaster casting reminded me of the hidden nature of the cocoon... one of the steps in the 'butterfly' symbology i have chosen to illustrate my own journey. my professor also mentioned the butterfly today in reference to the plaster setting once and only once; much to think on about that... so in that "cocoon" i felt safe and she was so gentle and the plaster was so inviting... it felt kinda like i had been safely tucked into that cocoon... and then she said... "...while we wait for coral to emerge again".... this was such an amazing connection for me... kind of a physical expression of my healing journey i have been on."
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