The Healing of Art

 
          Rather than explaining healing as an art, this article explains art as a healing.  Some suggest using art to express the problem one is experiencing, to draw or paint a picture of what the disease feels like.  What you focus on expands and focusing on disease will only create more disease.  One must always focus on healing rather than focus on disease.  Focusing on the problem is sometimes referred to as complaining and, to heal, gratitude must be felt.  One must focus on what they do have rather than focus on what they do not have.  Turn your gaze to the health that is being experienced, forget about that shoulder pain and feel grateful for the fact that you can still move your shoulder.

 

            So, where does art fit into all of this?  Well, I mentioned how art is now being used to help patients to express their sickness and there is so much power in the action of writing things down.  Writing our goals and dreams on paper transforms them from thought, which is energy, to the physical world, something we can see.  We are also less likely to forget what it is that we are working towards and the act of writing gets us more involved in what we are writing.  Drawing or painting is so much more powerful than simply writing.  Draw what you envision healing to be, it adds more positive emotion and creativity to the healing.  If the drawing or painting is particularly good, you may choose to hang it in your home to serve as a reminder to your healing.  A healing mind trigger to keep you focused on healing.  Use creativity to express the meaning of healing.