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Agoraphobia and Encaustic Art as a Therapy
After being officially diagnosed with agoraphobia last month, (ha, it does make you wonder about the so-called professionals sometimes? I haven't been out for 2 years, and now they tell me? As if I didn't know!)
Well to cut a long story short, I was given an action plan of 6 tasks that should be carried out without fail each day, gradual something therapy?
A hobby or activity was on the my list.
Mmm. What can I do that won't cost a lot as obviously I do not go out to work. Last year our neighbour showed us a piece of art that his daughter had done at an art class at school, it was Encaustic Art.
= Melting fantastic wax colours on a low heat iron, to create quick, easy, almost instant magical fun/fantasy images.
I was extremely impressed that this young lady of 11 years of age had created such a beautiful image.
It had obviously been saved in one of my human brain files, so I looked into it with more detail.
What I discovered, was quite surprising, even though we had not heard of Encaustic Art before, there are people of all ages, all over the world being creative with this art medium.
My partner bought me a starter kit, whoops, that was it, I have become addicted. I am a creative person in general, but an artist I am not, I can not draw or paint, been there tried it, that's how I know.
Since taking up this extremely creative and addictive art form, something has started to change in me, a positive change.
A strange thing happened last week, as I was ironing on some waxes to the card, and creating a piece of work, my mind wandered off somewhere, and I thought – maybe next weekend or when my partner has time we can pop into Hobbycraft in the next town to have a look to see if they supply any of the vast array of tools that can be used in Wax Art – WHOA! – that thought actually knocked me back with, arrgh surprise, then fear, then shock and some other emotions that are feelable but not quite describable.
If you are familiar with agoraphobia you may possibly understand what I am trying to explain.
Well, that's it for now.
Onwards and possibly outwards.
If you wish to have a look at my most recent designs, please feel free to sneak a peak at the the somewhat large March list below:
PS. Did I mention addictive?
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Purple Peaks - My Encaustic Art
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