Fairy Tale Painting(3)Day 3 of the workshop: The Taler 第三天：The Taler

Having gone through the 2 days of painting, I was more at ease.

The story went on quite long, one after another stages of giving and giving and finally the return just poured. The message of we reap what we sow.

During the afternoon painting session, it was fun creating the stars in the sky. The method she taught had never crossed my mind before and it turned out so well with little tricks with water and paint.

This time, my human figure was big and obvious! I compared the human figures over the 3 days, wow, now I dared to ‘face’ a human! I supposed the 3 days is a process of metamorphosis process where I gradually overcome my fear of painting a human figure. This is analogous for me to be more able to face human being in reality.

Now and again I faced difficulties. How much water to use? How to mix colours? How to paint it alive?

In the midst of mishandling, I accidentally dropped a big drop of water onto the top of the girl’s left shoulder. Oooops, what a blunder! What shall I do? If I were paint again trying to match the background, then it would be a big hassle as I could never get that similar tone of colour. I pondered for quite a while and then decided to sit back to see what I could do to it.

Suddenly, “Yes, make it like a spark just like the coin struck her left shoulder with a ‘Ting’!” So, the painting was alive!

I was excited at the sharing session as I shared my process especially the ‘Ting’ moment！

Susan asked me how many times I have done paintings before. I counted and hardly more than 5 or 6. She said the painting looked very professional! The reason was there were not much being painted but brought out the real message of the story! This sent me to cloud 9…..

If you wish to experience how the wisdom of fairy tales in your life, come and join me with Susan who is very willing to share her knowledge and experience especially on anthroposophy and Art Therapy. Talk, workshop for adults and children are there for you to choose. For all you know, you might get some healing in the fairy tales…

Catch the early bird by 23rd March.

#FairyTalePainting #WidsomOfFairyTales #The’Ting’ #Cloud9 #LiveInPainting

经过了两天的绘画旅程，我感觉比较轻松了。

这次的故事很长，就长话短说吧。女孩一路一路的给予他人，最后得到的源源而来。这故事提示布施的回报。

在下午的绘画时间，画满天星多么的好玩。Susan老师所教的方式，对我来说是不可思议，只需一点点的技巧就画成了满天星。

这次，我的人画变得又大又明显了！与前两天的人画大多了，我终于敢于‘面对’ 画人咯！这三天是个蜕变的过程，让我在无意中克服面对画人的恐惧，也意味着我在现实上比较容易面对别人。

在绘画的过程中，确实还遇到一些困难。需要加几多水呢？怎么调颜色？更如何可以把画画的更生动呢？

画着，画着，突然一大滴的水滴到女孩的左肩膀。Oooops,糟了！怎么办？如果想要再彩和背景一样的颜色，我可要花‘九牛二虎之力’。想了又想，再退一步看看。

突然，“对了，把它变成一盏火光，好像钱币落在她的左肩膀，发出‘叮’的声音！”这不就把我的画生动化了吗！

当然在分享我的那个‘叮’的时刻，我是多么的兴奋！

Susan 老师问我曾经画过几次，算一算，不过5-6次吧。她说我的画很专业！理由是画中没有画的太多东西，但是却能把故事的讯息呈现出来！她这一说，心中的喜悦，难于形容。。。

如果你想体验童话故事的智慧，欢迎你来与我一起参与，向经验丰富的Susan老师索取她在人智学与艺术治疗的知识与经验。主办当局安排了讲座、成人及儿童工作坊。很有可能你能在童话故事中得到意料不到的心理疗愈。

#童话故事绘画 #童话故事的智慧 #‘叮’ #难于形容心中的喜悦 #生动的画画

Fairy Tale Painting(2) 童话故事绘画（2）

Day 2 of the workshop: Snow White and the 7 Dwarfs

I have never been a good story teller. However, things changed after my eldest grandson was born 5 years ago. He made me realize my Venusian（artistic） potential. I count myself fortunate to meet Susan as she is a good story teller. Her melodious tone caught my attention as it brought out the essence of the story. Of course, the set-up at the story-telling made me immersed in the story. After the story, we discussed on the meaning & wisdom behind the story.

Well, Snow White actually died 3 times (not once as depicted by most). Each time the 7 dwarfs managed to revive her but not the last death as the poisonous apple got stuck in her throat and choked her to death. She was then laid in a glass coffin. Most story went on saying that the prince kissed her and revived her. Apparently not. The glass coffin was being carried by the prince’s men. During the process of shifting, the glass coffin got shaken up and the apple was dislodged from her throat. It was her who opened the lid of the coffin, all by herself.

The wisdom behind the story is that Snow White had never learnt her lessons even though she was warned of her evil step-mother who disguised to trick her. She finally woke up from death through some shaking of the glass coffin, suggesting that most of us get to become more aware of something amiss in our life after many ‘shaking’ mishaps. She woke herself up and not by anybody else.

When it came to the painting session in the afternoon, the first thought that came in was now, instead of drawing one human, now I got to paint 8 humans! How? Again, the experienced Susan led us step-by-step patiently. I immersed myself again in the painting, putting myself into the fun! Slowly, the picture became obvious. The snow-capped mountain at the far-end (I was imagining myself looking at Annapurna at Nepal), the dancing circle of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and of course the openness of the space with the quaint little house! Personally, it was tough especially painting human figures, but I did it. I could not believe myself!

This round, I faced the feeling of fear of painting human figures. This is analogous to me having difficulty facing another person especially in relationships. I supposed it is the fear of myself as projected onto another person. Well, at least, this helped me realize I need to be more acceptance of myself before I could accept another person!

Again, I also painted the fun-side of me which can come in various forms as there are 8 figures in the painting…

Since Susan is coming to KL in May, grab the opportunity to unravel the inner wisdom of fairy tales within ourselves through her guidance in the painting process.

#SnowWhiteandTheSevenDwarfs #PoisonousApple #FacingMyFearOfHuman

第二天的工作坊：白雪公主与七个矮人

讲故事不是我的专长。但是，自从五年前，我的长孙出世后，情况有很大的改变。他让我发现我的金星（艺术）的潜能。我感觉很庆幸能遇到Susan 老师，她是个很棒的讲故事老师。她的旋律语调吸引了我，把故事的精华流露出来。当然，环境的摆设也让我乐在其中。故事讲完后，我们讨论故事背后的意涵与智慧。

实际上，白雪公主共死三次（而不是普通所说的一次）。前两次都被七个矮人救醒，但是就在第三次，当白雪公主被有毒的苹果啃在喉咙时，他们无能为力，只好把她放在一个玻璃棺材。许多故事说是王子吻她之后而生还。其实不如。王子的侍卫在搬动的时候而产生移动，这一阵，公主把苹果给吐了出来。然后，是她自己打开玻璃棺材的门而出来。

这故事背后的智慧是，白雪公主没听从劝言，以警惕恶毒后母的陷害。她最后透过玻璃棺材的震动而救醒的自己，这意味着我们需要有许多次的挫折，才能觉察情况的不妙才‘苏醒’。最后一次，是她自己救醒自己，而不是靠别人。

下午时段是绘画时刻，我的第一个念头是，“现在要画的是八个人，不是一个人喔！怎么办？” 还好，经验丰富的Susan老师很有耐心的一步一步引导。我就这样子把自己纳入画中，相像正在和他们一起玩乐！渐渐的，画竟然成型。背景的雪山（我相像望着尼贝尔的Annapurna山），围着圈圈跳舞颂歌的白雪公主与7个矮人，还有空旷的绿野与那精致的小屋！对我而言，画画虽然难，尤其是画人物，但却可行，不可思议！

这次，我面对的是画人物，意味着我难于面对人的感觉，尤其在关系。这是因为我害怕面对投射在别人身上的我。幸好这次的绘画经验，提醒我坦然的接受自己，才能够接受他人。

这当下，我也画出我那愉悦的一面，可以从七个矮人身上展现出来。。。

Susan老师在五月来马授课，把握机会喔。透过绘画，让老师来引导，体验童话故事的智慧与疗愈真谛。

#白雪公主与五个矮人 #毒苹果 #面对人类的恐惧

Fairy Tale Painting 童话故事绘画

Last Dec, good friend Hoi Yan invited me to join a 3-day Fairy Tale Painting Workshop in Hong Kong. Without any second thought, I just agreed and off we went.

Painting has not been my cup of tea at all though I do have previous episodic exposures. However, every exposure brought out the inner Venusian part of me. Venus represents our sense of value through the inner beauty such as art.

My first impression of the facilitator Susan Anderson is that she has a Taurean look. She started off with story-telling. One thing I never realized before was that every story has a wisdom in it. These fairy tales were depicting the inner human psyche which we seldom explored.

On day 1, the story was about “The Frog Prince”. In fact, we often heard that the frog turned into a handsome prince after the princess kissed the frog.(Who will kiss an ugly frog anyway!) Indeed not. Out of anger, she threw the frog onto the wall and hence the prince was cleared of the curse. Psychologically, the hidden suppressed anger was finally released.

When it came to painting, especially we were given only 3 primary colours and no palate, I had mixed feelings. One part of me wished to paint and another part of me said, “how?”. I had no sense of colours. What will happen when this colour mixed with another? Besides, to draw a princess was very tough for me as I was most fearful of drawing a human figure. With some despair, I looked at Hoi Yan and others. At the nick of time, Susan led me from one part to another, step by step, in her gentle and encouraging voice.

Now and again she popped by to point out some changes to be made. Finally, the whole picture appeared right in front of me. “Wow, I can paint after all!”. As I compared my princess with others’, I realised that my princess was only a small figure. However, she was a cheerful girl enjoying herself in the woods. This was me!

During the process, I realized that painting is only an expression of inner psyche which may be harmonious or otherwise. Some of us who are not good at painting may not want to show our painting for fear of being criticised or looked down upon. Whatever it was, I felt proud of myself to be able to bring out my inner cheer to myself.

Before Susan ended the day, she told us an experience she had with a 15-year old girl suffering from anorexia nervosa. She had sudden realization when it came to the part where the princess threw the frog onto the wall.

Apparently, she had been harbouring the anger towards her parents for expecting her to take over their business as she wanted to pursue art. Once it was expressed to her parents on this issue, the parents happily agreed to allow her to do what she had been wanted to do. Gradually, she got herself out of the sickness.

I am so happy that Susan is coming to KL in May. She is a good and experienced art therapist who has both knowledge, wisdom and experience in Anthroposophy and Art Therapy.

Register early ya. Seats are limited. To be continued…

#FairyTalePainting #FrogPrince #InnerPsyche

去年12月，好友海燕邀约我赴香港上3天的童话故事绘画工作坊，我毫无犹豫的答应了。

不知如何，绘画是我一路来的禁忌，是一种很想发挥但又有拉扯的心境。虽然如此，每次的接触，都带出内在金星的一面。金星代表内在的自我价值观，展现出我们的美感。

Susan Anderson老师给我的第一个印象是金牛的样子。同学自我介绍之后，她就开始讲故事。哦，现在我才发现到这些童话故事背后的智慧！它们在描述我们内在心理的层面。

第一天的故事是《青蛙王子》，之前听过的故事是公主吻了青蛙王子之后(其实，谁会吻一个丑陋的青蛙呢？)，它变成一个英俊潇洒的王子。 其实不然，原来公主在极愤怒之下，把丑陋的青蛙向墙壁一甩，竟然把王子的诅咒解掉。心理上，深根地固的愤怒终于表达出来了！

开始绘画时，我无从下手，尤其老师只给3种根本颜色，而且没有提供彩色盘。一方面我想画，另一方面说，“怎么做呢？” 我是“色盲”，对颜色一窍不通。这颜色参那颜色，结果会是什么呢？还有，要画人像，是难如登天，难于下手。无可奈何，看看海燕和其他人，但自己也不知所措。正在这时，救星老师来咯！她以柔和及鼓励的声音，一步一步的引导我。

过程中，她不时走来指点。最后，整个画成型了！“哇，我可以画喔！”比较之下，发现我的公主比别人的小，但是，我的公主却是那么的开心活泼，享受在大自然中！

在过程中，原来绘画是内在心理的表达，这心理可能和谐，也可能不和谐。我们这些不会画画的，可能不敢展现自己的画，恐被批评或被看遍。无论如何，我很自豪的能够把我内在的喜悦展现出来给自己欣赏。

最后，Susan老师分享一个个案。一位患上厌食症的15岁女孩，就在公主甩青蛙的当下，发现她内在的不满。原来父母期望她承接他们的生意，但是她却很想向着艺术发展，不敢对父母表达她的意愿，而暗地里隐藏着不满的愤怒。当觉察到这时，经过父母的谅解，也允许她继续发展她对艺术的意愿。慢慢的，她的厌食症就好了。

很高兴Susan老师将在5月来马一趟，分享她一路来在人智学及艺术治疗的经验、知识以及智慧。

有兴趣者，赶快报名吧！名额有限。

待续。。。

#童话绘画 #青蛙王子 #内在的声音