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Many of these questions bring a poem to mind. Where I can I let the poem speak for me. As for this first question, lived experience has always been the grist for my poetic mill. But more than that, the kind of therapy that helps me most is therapy in the field, on foot.
WALKING AND TALKING
I wanted to thank you for taking the time
to walk and talk with me this morning
I can't begin to tell you
how much it helped
Oh, that's OK
I was glad to do it
however I thought that you
were walking and talking with me |
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I do it to give permission to others to get things out, to talk about whats bothering them.. To tell anyone that I had a problem was to admit I was a failure, so I kept things inside making myself sick. I need recognition. Trying to be Ric, negating parts of myself, I kept myself from finding my work, my poems, my creativity. It's my art, sharing what I see. Listening to you in response moves me toward understanding and empathy. Sharing helps me to think, to feel, to care, to be wonder-full. |
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