A New Painting

So…I’ve been doing art therapy throughout my stay in residential, and it has become one of my favorite activities. This particular project, however, was created during open art time. During open art, we’re allowed to create anything we want using the materials available.

I chose to make a painting and worked on it over several open art sessions. It has become one of my favorite pieces.

To begin, I divided the canvas into small squares and painted each one a different shade of blue. I tried to make every square unique. The color blue represents sadness, and the variety of blues represents how everyone’s sadness is different, yet similar—because they are all still shades of blue. Since they are all connected by the same color, they reflect how our experiences of sadness connect us to one another. Everyone feels sadness from time to time. The lighter shades represent milder sadness, while the darker blues represent sadness that feels deeper and more intense. Here it is. More later…