Prior my recent session with my counsellor, I was thinking about the Sandplay Therapy exercise. The point of the exercise being, to externalise your inner thoughts, feelings, and demons, by engaging in play, using objects and the sandpit as a symbol for your inner world.
One of the reasons why I particularly enjoyed this experience, was the simple fact that it was a visual and tactile exercise. For someone who is Deaf [even deaf or hearing impaired], it is work for the eyes. It makes your inner world real in a way, that my residual hearing doesn’t. I have always trusted my eyes more than my ears. More than this, it appeals to the artist in me – creating worlds, dissecting symbols, and embracing myth and folklore.
I mentioned to my counsellor that it would be a great task when working with Deaf, deaf and hearing impaired people.
If you haven’t read my previous articles on Sandplay Therapy, because you don’t peruse Deaf Read Extras, you can read them here and here.
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An Hour In The Sandpit With The Sins Of Mephisto PII
An Hour In The Sandpit With The Sins Of Mephisto
This has been cross posted at Visual Instincts.
6:46 am on January 17th, 2009
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