It's the morning after returning from a lovely visit with my MOH, who is currently in recovery from shoulder surgery. Had a wonderful visit keeping her company, and we did lots of shopping therapy (can you say IKEA?) and art therapy. She pulled out lots of little treasure she had stored around the house, and I'd brought my watercolors.
She's a Pharmacist and a Horse Gal (License2Spell made this one special for her):
Among her many treasures she had two 12" x 12" canvas "paint by coloring inside the lines kit" with a horse head on it, and it included some paints, a small palette and 3 brushes, so I made her grab one and bring it upstairs! We set up an art space on her dining room table, covered it in plastic, and painted. She was only able to use her left hand most of the time as her right is being held in place by a massive sling (for another 3 weeks or so?), but it was so wonderful to see her release and not think about her shoulder and just be. We experimented with many media (how many frosted nail polish bottles did she find dumped in the canyon across the street from her house? probably about 50 or so - wow!) and had a wonderful time.
She even indulged me with reading my play, screenplay(s) and remembering who was in that house 45 years ago...
Art therapy is good for the soul. Try it sometime!
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