The Zentangle Butterfly - Taking Stock Of What's Holding You Back

This is the first project in my journey of art therapy from the "Create Your Life Book" by Tamara Laporte. 

This project invites you to explore areas that hold you back from living your best life.  While I am extremely happy in my life, there are a few things that have been holding me back since my accident in 2019.  These include: 

• anxiety
• panic
• fear
• stress
• body image (extra weight)
• out of control thoughts

As I reflected on these things and vowed to myself to let them go, I also envisioned what to bring with me:

• control
• creativity
• love for myself
• confidence

All of these manifested into this piece of art therapy:

I also created a bit of a bucket list for myself for 2021:

• Learn to draw
• Fine-tune my watercolor technique
• Work on creative lettering
• Get back into photographing nature
• Publish a book (this project is already in the works, but may not be done this year - BUT it's started!!!!)

I must say, art therapy is a wonderful thing! So helpful and gives me a creative outlet! I never would have thought I would have fallen in love with watercolor, which would drive me to want to learn how to draw!  It is an amazing feeling!