Family Week - Artistic Expression

One of the sessions during family week was Art Therapy. Alison and 4 family members were there with her. They gave us clay and asked us to each do 3 sculptures to represent:

1. Our loved ones eating disorder
2. Our loved ones true self
3. Our loved ones higher power

I didn't know if anything to do!!!! So I just started playing around with the clay and something did develop.

I will share mine (pictured above), but haven't asked permission from the others to share their sculptures yet. They all did a great job!

The red box is the eating disorder, representing how it is confining and restricting. The red stained my hand, just like the eating disorder tries to leave its mark wherever it can.

The bulb with a bud starting to grow is the untapped treasures inside Alison that has always been there, at times going dormant, but waiting to thrive again.

The ladder is the higher power, representing the way is possible for our return to God. The steps on the ladder are all different colors representing the many experiences that help us in the climb we all make in life. Notice one of the steps in red, like the eating disorder. Even or maybe especially, the hard times in our lives brings us the greatest growth in our quest.