hmm dunno i suppose because art is subject to interpretation no matter how avant guarde you wanna try and be no matter how direct. When you say things although these too are subject to interpretation i think it's more to do with the common association of the structure of language and the way in which you put things. With art you can't pigeon hole things as easily cos it isn't a thing everyone understands as well as verbal communication.

you mean like how your avatar shows love and comfort? security and safety? the bliss we would all love to be in?

I have been working with clay...making flower canes into pens...It is time comsuming and it helps me focus, and not think on the negative so much...It feels like a therapy for me...

Actually, in many ways expression through art is more powerful than words, perhaps because it does allow people to bring their own interpretation to things. From the years I was doing illustrations I know that many things that people easily accept when it's written upsets them when they see it visually represented, perhaps because the visual is a more viceral experience; more basic in that as animals we see and understand through seeing much earlier than we learn to speak or read.

i agree with archetype.... but i guess dropping hints isnt enough.
anyho thanks peops... i feel like an outsider so much, that even amongst people with ''issues'' i feel on the border. and somehow im ok with working in the background in many ways. go me. laters :)

maridon you have a valid point as well.

Thanks. :) And I didn't think it was an odd thing to post.

when I was in the hospital a very long time ago, we did us art and music therapy, and it was theraputic, very :)

is that what you mean?

I first experienced art as expressing
your emotional feelings about things.
I did a clay model of my husband in
the hospital one time. After I did the
model they said "Now express your
feelings about him." I took and poked
holes all in his face. What do you
think that ment?
I learned in the same class, the colors
people use tell a therapist alot about
ones-self. Wether you use rigid lines
or more smoother lines can tell, just
how wound up a person is. I hope
this will shed some light on your
topic.

BRAVE

I think art can convey meanings and feelings very effectively. Vincent VanGough's (spelling?) art is a prime example of how art can express ones feelings .

I wish I could express myself through art and poetry the way I used to, it was theraputic but now nothing comes out from anywhere. Recovery will take more time it seems.