remembering to play

ludovica needs no reminders to play

serendipity

doors opening

events falling into place

i know these things happen

and i believe in them

when i catch a glimpse of them

at work in my own life

sometimes i am in awe

so i started the class

he would have wanted me to

and even in these uncertain economic times

i still believe

beauty saves

beauty heals

and it's all beautiful.

i sat next to a girl. a woman. a kindred i could tell.

maloo

she is an expressive arts therapist

differing from an art therapist, which she explained, is classically trained

in their medium and uses that medium with their patient

the art work, the final outcome

being the main focus

critiqued almost in terms of where you are at emotionally.

expressive art therapy is about play.

re-learning how to play after such a deeply painful loss

her business card states:

'even in the most difficult circumstances, we bloom'

how true.