My Art Therapy

exercise. yoga. take deeper breaths. take simmi out for a walk.
it won’t replace dom, but it will help with the depression and stress.
do something nice for dom: draw him a picture or write a letter or put a shelf in the bathroom for his shaving stuff. you’ll feel closer to him for the effort.
take some photos of simmi.
you’re blessed to have such love in your life.

The thing that struck a cord was “draw him a picture” because I have always worked through emotional issues using art and for a long time that part of me just disappeared. Well, after reading Seraphine’s comment I got up, went to the store and bought some paint, canvas and brushes. I had nothing in mind as I stood there squirting paint onto the canvas. All I had were feelings and the inexplicable need to move my hands around the canvas. Most of this painting was done with my hands…a finger painting if you will.

All my love and feelings for Dom were projected that day onto the canvas and when I finished and stepped back to look at it, for the first time I felt some peace return to me. After I took a picture of this piece, I noticed that there is a bald woman on the left hand side almost embossed in the darker color paint. As I looked some more, I saw other figures there as well. I thought that was so cool, because at no time during the whole process did I plan, paint or draw anything in. All I did was run my hands over the canvas and thought of him. Ah!!!!