Why Is Creativity Important in Grief Experiences?

[anthonychipoletti]

Why Is Creativity Important in Grief Experiences?

Grief is a universal experience that can leave us feeling disconnected from ourselves and others, particularly in a world that values productivity and success above all else. This disconnection can leave us feeling like outsiders and limit our ability to learn how to live life in the face of various grief experiences. However, reconnection is possible through the power of creativity with ourselves and others. By asking creative questions, exploring what we still carry, and finding what is generative in our lives, we can learn to reconnect with our heARTmaking and to live more fully.

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New Podcast: Creating Space for Grief and Hope

Two of our Creative Grief Studio alumni have joined together to create a new podcast! Creating Space for Grief & Hope, is now streaming across all podcast platforms. Holly Gainsboro (Sept 2015) and Elizabeth Catignani (Feb 2013) are your hosts and will be discussing all things grief and hope - navigating the healing journey, candid stories, practical tools, and heart-centered wisdom for life after loss. In the first episode you can meet your hosts, learn about their journeys and gain some new tools for your own unique path. From there, they go on to talk about reframing the way we talk about grief, honoring feelings, continuing bonds and much more. This podcast is not limited to the sadness that comes with loss, but also offers hope and inspiration!

Kara, Tamara and the whole Creative Grief Studio Team

[Giulia]

As I understand it, this programme is based on the fact that grief is a universal experience that can leave us feeling disconnected from ourselves and others and the fact that this disconnection can be furthered by the demands of productivity and success in our society.

At the core of the programme is the idea that creativity can help us reconnect with ourselves and others, and find ways to live more fully in the face of grief. Hence the offer to explore the use of creativity in grief, by helping participants to learn how to use creativity to reconnect with themselves and others, and to find ways to offer creative space to others.

The idea is that creativity is not about healing or fixing, but about creating a crucible for connection and experimenting with various media to find what works for us.

By openly taking a stand against capitalistic culture, this approach appears a more human and customized way to help reconnection than standard psychotherapy, and deserves in my opinion to be carefully evaluated.