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somethingnubian · 4 months

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Embracing Transformation with Jennifer Lopez's "This is Me...Now": A Journey of Healing and Growth

By: La Trecia Doyle-Thaxton Introduction: Before diving into this reflective exploration, I highly recommend watching Jennifer Lopez’s latest creative masterpiece, “This is Me…Now”. This album is not just a collection of songs; it’s a narrative of personal growth, healing from past traumas, and embracing one’s true self. It’s a fusion of the visual storytelling seen in Beyoncé’s work, the…

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loversandantiheroes · 7 months

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Not to put too fine of a point on it, but if you're any sort of creative artist that struggles with mental health and the way it affects your ability to create the way you want to (and perhaps feel you need to), please play Alan Wake 2.

Sam Lake gets it.

#alan wake #alan wake 2 #I'm trying to make this spoiler-lite if not spoiler free #but also saga's way of getting out of [REDACTED] is like straight up a great therapeutic method of dealing with brainweasels???#like I brought that up to my therapist who was super into it #but yeah #game good #sam lake does not even pretend there is any glamour in the creative process #it's feverish and ridiculous and sometimes it's like trying to move a mountain with a garden trowel #so yeah if you want a fantastic horror game about how the darker parts of your creative brain will eat you alive if you let them #please play this game

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abnormalpsychology · 6 months

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why do we create and why should create that silly thing? bc you gotta :) bc it will matter to someone :) <3

“Give Yourself Permission to Be Creative”, Ethan Hawke | Richard Siken | “Longing” by José Ferraz de Almeida Júnior (1899) | Smiley Blanton, from The Healing Power of Poetry (found in “Mary Oliver Saved My Life” by Greg Cook) | Catcher In The Rye by J.D. Salinger | The Sugar Shack by Ernie Barnes (1976) | the Gospel of Thomas | “Reading books is not just a pleasure: it helps our minds to heal” by Peter Leyland | The Immersive Van Gogh experience, photographed by Ben Davis | Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear by Elizabeth Gilbert

#it matters to someone !!!!#even if that someone’s just you!!!!!#good then!!!#big magic is fuckin life changinggggg #love that book #highly recommend #^^#bbge.weaves #creativity #web weaving #thinking I’ll make more web weaves these are so therapeutic and fun #bbge.text #elizabeth gilbert #van gogh #ethan hawke

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kiiraa88 · 3 months

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My first scrapbook journal post!!

#art journal #art #journal #junk journal #diary #stationery #scrapbook #creative #sketchbook #crafts #hobbies #therapeutic #mindfulness #notebook #quotes

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fawnblooded · 3 months

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LET ME BE THE SUN

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cjoatprehn · 2 months

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Okay okay—I need to stop before I burn myself. Because I’m on fire, oh my gods. There were so many song inspirations, I put them together in a playlist for this poem! Here’s @skylerwitherspoon’s prompt for day 19.

Still debating on if I’ll…make a spoken poetry video for this poem but I’ll leave it to yall in a poll.

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dustofthedailylife · 1 year

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What is it with me and my obsession with stationery stores?

I swear, I always find something there. Cute pens, cute notebooks, you name it.

I could spend hours there looking at all sorts of writing utensils and books. Every time I see one I NEED to go inside. They're so calming to me 😭

#🍁 dust rambles #there is just something about them that draws me in #my family never understood it #but istg they have therapeutic value #they make me happy #maybe it's the creative in me that draws me in

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anti-cosmofangirl · 1 year

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There is no consistency to my art, only the raw, primal urge to continue to churn out Pacman content.

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quirkle2 · 2 years

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this post will be completely pointless but guys i fucki gng . i fuckin loveart ok

#qktalks #I LOVE IT!!!!#it'sso fun and it's so therapeutic to have a creative release #i fuckin adore Making Things #i love doin lineart sm #i love coloring and picking out which colors go well together (i used to hate that!!!! i love it now!!!!!!!)#i love mappin out poses in my silly little brain #i LOVE makin new designs of pretty much anything . character outfits or creature designs i adore it all #this is literally just me wiggling like an excited dog about a mundane thing i've been doing for nearly 20 years GVAIYGEV #feel free to ignore imjust unstable #i just !!!!!!im very giddy over this all of a sudden #before i got into lu i had taken a break from art for like a year #bc i had kinda just given up ? nothing i made was ever ''good'' and it was upsetting and demoralizing . so i stopped #but then i started drawin again an entire year later and fuckin !!! look where i am now!!!!#people look at my art!!!!!! im proud of a lot of stuff i create!!!!!#granted im still hard on myself and i often end up hating older art but !!!!im so much better about it nowadays #and i just Enjoy the Process a lot more. maybe it's because i've simply gotten better at drawing but #i think it's so fun . this post is a wreck im so sorry GVIUYEAGIUV #okay bye imgonna go play more nfs heat . ty for watching me make a fool of myself

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askdacast · 10 months

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a bit of a personal ramble here...actually no I’m about to be really cringe as I kind of rant about the anxieties and issues I’ve been going through lately in a super roundabout way

but in the long ago days (by which I mean like 10 years ago) and when I was an even louder Persona fan, I made a Shadow version of my main OC/blatant self-insert Alyss Baraen and it was therapeutic to some extent

(more under the cut)

Shadow Alyss even had a cringe name and design - Gerhild, the Witch of Destiny (very long story), and was kind of a representation of my suppressed anger issues and general teenage angst at being different. One could say, a manifestation of the Id.

You can actually find that name in the really old posts of this blog but...please don’t “orz

All that was kinda based off the issues that a teenaged me knew of herself, but I feel rather ashamed to say, those issues haven’t 100% gone away, they still ebb and flow and take different forms, and I gotta smash them all the same

What I am saying is that I’ve been gnawing on the idea of re-doing the “Shadow Alyss” idea with the updated knowledge of myself now and the more recent anxieties I’ve had to deal with. And the hilarity is that the motif is completely the opposite of what I did as a teenager while somehow still being thematically the same.

Given the witch/Carmen San Diego design motifs the regular Alyss already has from the red and hat, I couldn’t help but also notice how much like a Spanish Inquisitor (insert Monty Python joke here) she looks like, and the moment I thought of that given Alyss being a very religious character, everything just completely fell into place

(Fun fact: Years ago when I was into imagining what kind of Personas my characters would have, Alyss’ was supposed to be Agustina de Aragon, Spanish folk heroine who is drawn with a big hecking cannon. It all comes full circle.)

(Inquisitor from DFO, danbooru link warning)

The Inquisitor would be all of Alyss’ self-depreciation and anxieties that she isn’t good enough at...well, anything. Mostly not being a good enough person or Christian. It’s not like she resents her faith, but she absolutely does feel like she’s been put under a microscope her whole life and she needs to scrutinize her every action as to whether it is moral or not. Chalk it up to her emotional nature and sensitivities that take her every action as reflecting on her moral character. A mistake or a failure to do “the right thing” isn’t just one bad act - it’s a stain on her very identity as someone who professes to follow God. Or a good daughter. Or a good friend. A good person.

Of course, this is a self-inflicted wound in many ways. She hates being criticized, and the expectation to always be ‘good’ or following the standards of what makes a moral religious person causes a lot of guilt in her when she does wrong, or anxiety that she might do wrong. A lot of what I imagined about The Inquisitor isn’t just the religious motif, but the motif of fear and punishment. The Judge and Executioner who instills the fear of God in sinners. A horribly apt symbol, imo, of what anxiety feels like, of that looming darkness that constantly beats down on you. The voice that says “this is ABSOLUTELY a terrible idea” even before you take a step.

Heck for extra factor on the monster of fear part, throw in the white eyes on a completely shadowed face a la Scarecrow from the later Batman TAS episodes

(this is the least disturbing picture I could find of him)

All these fear motifs are, of course, painfully ironic when you consider that not only this image is Alyss’ exaggerated idea of her faith, it’s also 100% contradictory of what her faith truly stands for. What she herself has constantly told others. That God isn’t an angry God who judges sinners, but a gentle one who forgives, and justifies not by adherence to laws, but faith in a greater power. In fact, the power that forgives and lets people not be punished for what they deserve.

And though this is a totally cheesy idea...I would like to imagine if you face the Inquisitor in a dungeon, in like a medieval-style execution grounds, you would see those crumbling old walls with broken carvings that have the words “Condemnation in Christ” on them, and then noticing the walls were broken, you’d eventually find the missing half of the wall which must be attached before the initial wall, with the words, “There is No”

Look, I’ve already spilled my guts out with this “I have a friend”-type post, I can afford to be cringe about something that means a lot to me

Especially since...it’s very obviously been weighing on my mind a lot lately

No matter whether Alyss Baraen thinks herself a “witch” or feels tormented by an “Inquisitor” the root cause is still the same - she fears that she isn’t worthy or that God possibly is angry at her for whatever sin or failure to be human/good she’s committed. And despite her own beliefs, or the love and support of others, being a clear evidence to the contrary, she finds it hard to trust that that love is real.

Many times, it’s terrifying to trust people you love, or to have any hope at all. Because what if you’re disappointed? Worse, what if you’re just plain wrong? You could say to yourself how much good you’ve done or how much people clearly love and care for you, and have it still mean absolutely nothing. Because the evidence for your imperfection, the world’s imperfection, and the hurts you bear feel so much more real than the idea that you might deserve happiness.

And the more you think that way, the more you inevitably project that idea onto a higher power, like God. Because how could it be true that He offers you all things for nothing? Less than nothing - you’re a “terrible person” who deserves to be punished, and yet He isn’t. In fact, He’s saying all’s good, you just need to do better and keep loving and trusting Him, and He’ll do the rest.

Without any obvious proof, except the life you’ve already lived, and the words He’s said.

A tall order to believe in, isn’t it?

Trust is never easy, and in fact, often seems far less logical than just continuing to remain on guard, always.

To believe in there being good and kindness in your future often seems too good to be true. And soon we start to believe it can never be true.

So I’ve spent a long time rejecting any kind of grace or kindness because I’ve convinced myself there’s no way it’s true. The truth, to me, had to be a harsh revelation of my inherent sinfulness and failure to follow God. Those were obvious ‘proofs’ in my life, after all. It could be nothing else. If I received a kind word, I must have been selfishly trying to avert my eyes from the truth, to what I wanted to hear.

But, you know.

That wasn’t the truth at all.

In my heart of hearts, I KNEW it wasn’t.

Well, no one ever said Faith was easy.

#rant #extremely long #the only reason I'm posting this is because I'm presumptuously hoping there aren't many people who would see this or want to read it #and I'm being somewhat vague enough about my situation #also just creatively I thought the new character idea was sick #but i've clearly been stewing on it for a while now for therapeutic purposes #i might make this post private in the future #please don't worry about me by the way #I am not in physical danger #I just have a lot to get off my chest #and a sincere thank you if you've read the post all the way to the end

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cosmic-knowledge · 8 months

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Getting better at doing my own nails 🧬🔮🍇💖

#mine #pretty nails #it’s so therapeutic #and a great outlet for creativity!

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petiteredthinker · 8 months

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What makes you smile?

The emotions hidden behind a smile are many: joy, happiness, surprise, embarrassment, but sometimes even negative emotions can hide behind what apparently is a symbol of positivity. First of all, one of the most important habits that can be practiced to smile and perhaps also to share this smile with the people around us, is the expression of gratitude: this practice can manifest itself in many…

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#creative writing #emotions #family mediation #talking about emotions #therapeutical writing #wellness #writing

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oddberryshortcake · 8 months

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All of my writing ideas involve Diasomnia or Scarabia and I have no time to sit down and write them out because of grad school 😭

#I don't know how I managed to churn out Worthy Heir during all of last semester during my exhibition #but theres a lot more going on now and a huge comprehensive exam so I'm like drowning already #just wanna twst #reprieve please come to me so I can creatively write #creative writing is so therapeutic fr #/personal ramblings

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cjoatprehn · 2 months

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Alright. I hope everyone’s doing okay. Um, to those who have mommy issues I wish this as an ode to yall and your struggles with your parents currently. I’m sorry to know how common this is. I hope this poem honors you. With how heavy this poem is, I’m thinking when I get myself more stable, I’ll post this on my patreon. This one was the poem that made me realize that, I can still record these kind of poems but they can be patreon exclusive or restricted to those who can handle it better than the mass.

This was the Day 15 poem that was supposed to be completed with my Beach poem. My Health has other plans. So here it is now.

TW: Abuse Themes, Complicity themes, Spiritual Warfare, Religious Themes

This one is a bit heavy and mentions what my incubator originally named me. This was me coming to terms with the emotions that I feel for my mother; not love or hatred, but apathy. I don’t fucking like her and for good reason. This poem was an Ode to those who are in my situation with their mothers. I hope this poem comforts you and makes you feel seen.

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Update with the Spoken Poetry video!

[#escapril Spoken Poetry] “The Other Mother : The Earthly Spawn Point” by CJOAT for AWG 2024

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If you enjoy the video, liking, commenting your thoughts, and sharing the video and post helps out a ton. ^^ Have a good rest of your week!

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kajmasterclass · 9 months

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jasonntodd · 1 year

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#some days i miss modding #bc in a way it was kinda therapeutic for me #but then i remember how insane i also was literally only able to focus on me modding when i had irl stuff to deal with #which then in turn makes me remember my own mods and my creative drives and whatnot #i see amazing mods being released and others being deleted (i’m lookin at the jack shore leave mod and its surrounding issues)#like man #some ppl really just ruin it for everyone dont they #also side note: i still hate baby yoda and tbh it’s really ruining the mandalorian for me 💀💀#personal

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