It brings me no pleasure to admit this as a creative person: I am… decidedly not great at visual art.  It’s something I always wished I could do, but I always put effort into other stuff.  It’s why I’m writing this article right now instead of painting something fancy to sell to a hifalutin curator of a billionaire’s private art collection.

But, I digress.

As someone who cannot do visual media art very well, even I feel beguiled by the prospect of guided meditation meets beginner-friendly art exercise.

On December 13, Lotus Counselling Art Therapy is putting on a by-donation workshop all about Celebrating Identity & the Wonderfulness of Becoming.

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If you’re sixteen years of age and above, you can head over to the Mt. Pleasant Community Centre on 1 Kingsway in downtown Vancouver and – for a suggested donation of $10 – participate in guided visualizations and art directives.

It’s billed as an afternoon of art-making and, again, no prior art experience is required (phenomenal news for the author).  Themes explored in these guided visualization art sessions include self-acceptance, celebrating cultural identity & uniqueness and, of course, the wonderfulness of becoming.

Art therapy is something I jibe with tremendously now.  I learned a little about it in a Clinical Psychology course and I remember thinking it was almost too hippy-dippy to be talking about in a psychology lecture.

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But I think that putting some pen, or paintbrush, or pastel, or whatever to paper to explore your feelings categorically can’t hurt.

More about this afternoon of art-making can be found here.

Spend 4-5:30 working on yourself through the medium of art with other groovy individuals, and then you’re in the prime neighbourhood to seek out some tasty treats or a cheeky adult beverage at a cool venue.  There is truly no downside to this event, save for maybe getting a little washable pastel on your pants.