Posted by dj on July 23, 2000, at 22:51:52
In reply to Re:botching and all that:dj, posted by yona on July 23, 2000, at 20:09:26
>i am also not one to cover up my feelings...tend to be a wallower. i had wished most of my life, before meds and megatherapy, that i could just act normal and cover up my feelings so noone knew they were there. so in that way i related to a few of the quotes you put in there from the book. but the one i mentioned before: depression is the antithesis of creativity... now that one i >wrote on the wall! :) thanks yo
Good on ya!! Hopefully you did it with a grand and/or meaningful (for you) flourish!!!
That statement rang true for me too. Though I never considered myself creative, I am actually quite so. More with words, generally, than not.
Though, I have had GREAT fun when doing some art therapy exercises, on occassion, where I've played with clay and/or crayons and/or other media. It's all about finding unique ways to express meaningfully and often beautifully (to us at least, and maybe our mothers ; ) what is inside.
Someone I love listening to, on occasion, because she is very creative, orginal, compelling, passionate and compasssionate on the issue of recognizing and dealing with our feelings as they are, rather than we might wish them to be, is Marianne Williamson (http://www.marianne.com)who has a few interesting books which are listed at that sight, along with some of her insights, some of which I've quoted here in the past.
MW has some very interesting and compelling things to say about depression and her experiences of it in "Return to Love" and her other books.
Sante!
dj
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