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Prioritize pleasure in your art-making

Prioritize Pleasure in your Art-Making

How can you prioritize pleasure in your art-making? What feels like play in your art-making? For me it’s choosing colors, experimenting with new techniques, and making layers. I love being in the zone and feeling completely connected to the process of creating. About the Author Kara Ashley-Gilmore believes in the use of our innate creativity for our wellness and healing.…

the creative process

The Creative Process

Where do you usually get stuck? Sometimes it helps to go back to the previous stage–to gather more information or to let ideas come together before pushing ahead. About the Author Kara Ashley-Gilmore believes in the use of our innate creativity for our wellness and healing. She is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor, Registered & Board Certified Art Therapist,…

The World We Deserve

The World We Deserve

We need both. About the Author Kara Ashley-Gilmore believes in the use of our innate creativity for our wellness and healing. She is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor, Registered Art Therapist, Provisional Somatic Experiencing Practitioner, and a mixed-media artist at Mountain Creative Arts Counseling, in Hendersonville, NC. She provides individual and group psychotherapy and with individuals who feel crushed…