art as a healing pathway

This is a healing art image that I drew about a year ago. I began by
identifying my immediate feeling regarding a particular issue in my life,
which -- in imagistic terms -- was a small vulnerable shape sitting
unknowingly in the mouth of a dangerous creature. I had a sense that
something was wrong, but I could not see what it was.
Then I asked my body to give me a healing image.

The idea seeped into my mind to shine a light into the darkness. I did not
know what I would find there, and felt guided to just start drawing and
trust that the image would appear. As I drew I did begin to sense someone
there, and felt guided to complete the drawing. I realized that the light
was shining on a large, clumsy, frightened and lonely being.
The fear and foreboding dissolved and I began to feel compassion, along
with a greater understanding of the situation in question.
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