Fairy Tale Painting 童话故事绘画
- Low Boon Song
- Mar 19, 2019
- 4 min read
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…
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。。。
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