Table Decor

I turned my pain into table decor.

Went to my coworkers Support group where we had a Registered Art Therapist from UAB’s Art in Medicine (AIM) walk us through representing our pain using clay.

My pain was represented using brown and red clay. The red clay represents the rage from the hurts and pains l’ve experienced trying to appear as if it’s me – the brown clay. Even though some of the pain has been thrown out/ over/away, there’s still latent pain that has to be dealt with over time.

When I got home, I looked at what I created in the group and realized that This Journey that I’m on sees and responds to the pain differently now.

What I created in the group no longer adequately reflects the Me that I am now.

I remolded the clay into table decor, so that when I look at it, I will be able to reflect on how far l’ve come from that broken state of mind. And my focus will stay on being better rather than stuck in the past.

This experience overall taught me that it’s all in the way you see things. I often tell people that when they are going through tough times, to look for God; that’s where you’ll find the good. Sometimes, we are too close to the situation that we fail to realize that we can take a moment to step away in order to be able to see the big picture.

Both works were mine and from my heart. One just evolved into something that could be shared with others without having to explain all that I’ve gone through.