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When I was teaching art last month a little boy with a difficult home life asked me to come look at his self portrait he was working on: I drew myself happy, he said. Im never happy, but I can be happy here. My heart broke. I told him thats exactly what Ive been telling them to deal with emotions we can use art to get them out, and put them on the paper, including making ourselves happy. I wish I could have grabbed this kid, hugged him tight, give him all the love he deserves and then kick his parents for treating him so poorly, but all I have is a paintbrush and a piece of paper to give him tools to realize that hes worth while. He told me youre right, I can be happy here. This is proof that the book Im working on needs to be written. #artintoaction
Posted on: Wed, 23 Jul 2014 17:52:19 +0000

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