A Happy Dog
Course Notes I hope now you have got used to expressing your feelings through art in your journal that this session will be really enjoyable. I believe that thinking about…
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A Shocked Owl
Course Notes I can think of two kinds of shock - the winning the lottery kind and the someone jumps out from behind a boulder kind. To me shock is…
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An Excited Hamster
Course Notes I imagine that everyone has memories of being excited at one time or another. It may have been a wholly positive experience or it may have been followed…
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A Sad Fish
Course Notes Sometimes when we are sad there are things that can cheer us up, e.g. my son has always been able to make me laugh even when I'm very…
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A Contented Koala
Course Notes Contentment will mean different things to different people. To some it may imply having everything they want and need while to others it may mean some sort of…
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A Frightened Bunny
Course Notes Fear can be an overwhelming emotion ... especially when we can't escape from or fight off what is frightening us. So exploring this emotion can be tricky. We…
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Our Pets and Emotions
Course Notes We often have a very strong affinity with our pets, sometimes stronger than with other people. We get to know our pets without words and they seem to…
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The Joy of Flowers – Flowers Improve Mental Health
This is just a short and simple animation to show how flowers can effect mood. The appearance of the first flowers in Spring has long been celebrated within our culture, in the U.K. Daffodils being a prime example in Wales and in Japan, the cherry blossom. But in my animation I have used simple shapes to represent the flowers, suggesting that even just the idea of flowers can lift the spirits. And images of flowers can be found everywhere, from graffiti to home decor to fabric to jewellery to art, showing how important they are to our psyche.
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