tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-85169487427787885082024-02-18T21:28:50.201-08:00News from Beth I. RobinsonBeth I. Robinson M.S. is an artist, art conservator, & facilitator exploring bereavement and the conflict it creates. She offers options for grieving well and companionship through her artwork, educational workshops, grief/conflict coaching, and by facilitating alternate options for grief support and reconciliation through art and art history.Besshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13629624341621723911noreply@blogger.comBlogger252125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8516948742778788508.post-34599797349276045672023-05-27T16:59:00.011-07:002023-05-27T17:41:45.514-07:00Update 2023!!<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg9Rjxg6JA7gWwrqoHAIC4b0I30U0GUmUgm_IJM39En0bocB2BfU9lwcAtrIxMRf2CZz6KEjIPQpnk9dMQNlnmHhAght9oKDguLUVLHaeP-L7evacxRNOd_Ip9StPUZlDBtrHNPwT12NbWvebzShOHu2hhl-yhUwnTxFiKAHsWaPuaVFUMDRiIxTbYn" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="719" data-original-width="750" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg9Rjxg6JA7gWwrqoHAIC4b0I30U0GUmUgm_IJM39En0bocB2BfU9lwcAtrIxMRf2CZz6KEjIPQpnk9dMQNlnmHhAght9oKDguLUVLHaeP-L7evacxRNOd_Ip9StPUZlDBtrHNPwT12NbWvebzShOHu2hhl-yhUwnTxFiKAHsWaPuaVFUMDRiIxTbYn" width="250" /></a></div><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></i></div>Despite her love</span></i></div><p></p><p><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">You might have been wondering where I have been… I had been shifting
my grief tools and ideas about grief education since losing Rhett and Beverly.
Then the pandemic hit…<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">12/8/21<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Today I got a call at 4 am PST from the New York City Covid
Testing Response Team. They were looking for my brother Jacob and I was his
listed contact. They have been trying to reach him for several days and would I
be able to redirect them or get a message to him. Rubbing the sleep from my
eyes, I said, “It would be impossible.” <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">“You don’t speak,” this lovely voice asked kindly. The grief
crashed over me, and I felt my knees buckle. I hate this wound torn open again
and again. I thought it’s been fifteen years since I identified he’s body in a
morgue in NYC. But of course, Jacob would be the first one to test positive for
COVID out of my five siblings. He was that sibling. Bigger than life… From my
experiences of death I completely believe you die like you live. The images of
watching him grow shuffled through my mind and stopped at him as a sweet
toddler. Yes, I’ve done so much work to not hold the last image of his body. Grief
standing beside me like an old friend drew out that hazy memory of walking
through that maze and seeing my beautiful brother in his decay. He was found a
couple of days after his death.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">“Are you for real or a scammer?,” I said, “My brother died fifteen
years ago in Brooklyn and all his stuff was stolen. So, if someone is using his
identity it would be fraud. These several years I been doing everything I can
to stop it.” Holding back the hot tears but the empathy I felt for the human on
the other side of the phone filled me with compassion. I could hear she was gobsmacked. We softly exchanged human thoughtful words. I continued, “I hope after
this call you are able to debrief with someone.” Before I hung up, I was on the
floor sobbing uncontrollably. Can I even go to work today? Being in public is
completely out of the question today.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">My parents moved my four siblings to Oregon from New Jersey
when Jacob was 10. Jacob was the youngest, a twin, and created dreams of being
a contemporary dancer. Directly after the death of my father and the hard
pushing of some friends to live his dream, he graduated college, and at 24 he
moved to New York City, Brooklyn to be precise. He was good, really good as a
dancer. He was funny, sweet, bullheaded, could be a bit of an asshole, maybe my
mother’s favorite thu she wouldn’t admit it, and beloved to all of us.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">12 years his senior, I grew up in New Jersey, went to school
in Philly, and a creative myself, I told him bluntly I felt he should stay in
the PNW, grieve, be around what he knew until he was better equipped to take on
such a huge adventure. There is a grit that you need in the city, and you need
your wits at 100%. He had it for sure and it needed a little more polish. At
nineteen he was diagnosed with Diabetes 1 and at 24 he was hiding from us the
fact that he didn’t have it under control and no matter how much I told him it
was obvious, he denied it. The grief from our father was so tough and I felt to
take on an adventure like that you had to have a good ground. My dad was the
center of the family and kept us all close. I told Jacob I loved him and only
wanted the best. He called fourth the bohemian artist revolution mantra from
old and parroted what others had given him for advice. Grief is nothing and art
is everything. Live today! I was holding him back and I didn’t understand what
it was to be a true “artist.” <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Less than a year later, my family and I made a wild journey
to NYC to claim his body and bring him back to Oregon. I was finishing an art
degree, I had achieved an incredible opportunity and scholarship to study art
and live in Cortona, Italy. Not too bad for a first-generation college kid who
couldn’t read. But mainly, I wanted to go to grieve my father and submerge
myself in a new culture. Most of the Italians I meet knew inherently I was running
on a broken heart, and they were thoughtful and kind.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">My mother’s voice was broken that morning when she called to
say she wanted me home to collect my brother. I can’t imagine she had lost her
beloved husband the year before and now her youngest son less than a year
apart. My brother was only 24. Before I left the United States, I called Jacob
and said I’ll be visiting our family in New Jersey and wanted to see him
especially since I might not be in direct contact for the next few months as
this was the beginning of cell phones or facebook. He agreed and never showed
up. I can only guess he was in bad shape and knew I might cancel my trip even
though other family members said he was great. I knew him sick, and he knew it.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The phone call from the New York Covid Response team set me off on a quite a journey… Grief is about actionable tools for relief.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I'll be here when you are ready...</span></p>Besshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13629624341621723911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8516948742778788508.post-10545645272874074432021-08-03T14:07:00.001-07:002021-08-03T14:07:32.004-07:00Noticing is the first step<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGulVtcAV7QUJOxpkEXU1vjyfZ1eoo2l2vLYwPz3MledydHgqK7YWMFY8WnKuojpxl2KuYhARCU6As83eXFEnNn4ZGpt9E749v0NDFFKjm2eC2Yi1rpPrvFAs2B0lpjIU3Y-Zb635eTSo/s2048/7F2829E6-3051-403F-8D2E-DA80BA052301.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGulVtcAV7QUJOxpkEXU1vjyfZ1eoo2l2vLYwPz3MledydHgqK7YWMFY8WnKuojpxl2KuYhARCU6As83eXFEnNn4ZGpt9E749v0NDFFKjm2eC2Yi1rpPrvFAs2B0lpjIU3Y-Zb635eTSo/s320/7F2829E6-3051-403F-8D2E-DA80BA052301.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>Besshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13629624341621723911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8516948742778788508.post-11647724674887725162021-05-30T23:02:00.001-07:002021-06-11T13:09:36.036-07:00Losing Rhett<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOFbODJflFQnznLoSixzLST-o32LW6Q2LP5qhkrifsgptj13r9hyRYh6yP9t4s9tpuJ0aUta_Z4LxBwmEI5B9nMkSpIz8VDDsj3Owxf2ziI0Ke8iknZLbTvkLwBJiDLxkBhnEjT7yn914/s967/Rhett.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="891" data-original-width="967" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOFbODJflFQnznLoSixzLST-o32LW6Q2LP5qhkrifsgptj13r9hyRYh6yP9t4s9tpuJ0aUta_Z4LxBwmEI5B9nMkSpIz8VDDsj3Owxf2ziI0Ke8iknZLbTvkLwBJiDLxkBhnEjT7yn914/s320/Rhett.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: #262626;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">We lost our beloved Rhett Redbone. </span></span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 14px;">He gave us so much </span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 14px;">love from the first day with his</span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 14px;"> wonderful crooked tooth smile. </span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 14px;">Rhett you are one of a kind and we are missing you. He had a good death but heartbreaking from Lymphoma.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #262626; font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">I learned early one of the myths of loss: "replace the loss." </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">"Next week we will get a new dog." </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">After my grandfather died my parents got me a pony. After another loss another dog. Often after loss or hardship, my go to was to add another animal to my crew. At one point in my life I had 3 cats (Sashie, Smokey, & Pete), 2 large dogs (Max & Loki), 2 birds (Mister and Miss), 3 fish tanks, and pair of frogs. I love my animals and learning good husbandry skills. </span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #262626; font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Max and Loki were wonderful friends and companions for 17 years. Without them, I'm not sure I would have made through my grief journey after my immediate families deaths. Walking and caring for them kept me going. After losing Max and Loki, I began fostering dogs because I missed them. To date, I have fostered 11 dogs and have kept three: Tess, Rhett, and Rusty. After Rhett's death I started fostering again... as to keep from getting another dog, yet, give some of the love for Rhett to someone else's something special dog.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #262626; font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">I've taken a break from working with grievers to take a breath and work on the tools I give to others for myself. In this time of great loss and grief, self-care should include evaluating the tools you have on board to be resilient. </span></span></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #262626; font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd2IyeCoeu3hNLdCuFrdc99WUXAyakUE0LK9dXfGrOCmMOONifCm0itzOKQdtUUn9k2rQE14Ir8vssn0hW-u4jOwPUPKTHOOE45UAns0Kh9DFJfwGPh2w7FgLfZfe-srIOjY-bIZteC4A/s951/Rhett+2.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="879" data-original-width="951" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd2IyeCoeu3hNLdCuFrdc99WUXAyakUE0LK9dXfGrOCmMOONifCm0itzOKQdtUUn9k2rQE14Ir8vssn0hW-u4jOwPUPKTHOOE45UAns0Kh9DFJfwGPh2w7FgLfZfe-srIOjY-bIZteC4A/s320/Rhett+2.png" width="320" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOi4oSX4CGlPU82OSNZt3yN3_jJ0De456PugMzAlxmb7aK9dMKpAgDTnTBTwO4JtUQdqMm1gwOvgE6eSFaEhmVfFB6JAVzvTXQhlm_t9hYcEWcZpjnmUBoEHbk0zCsWrwrXNyMprEuulA/s831/Tess+and+Rhett.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="781" data-original-width="831" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOi4oSX4CGlPU82OSNZt3yN3_jJ0De456PugMzAlxmb7aK9dMKpAgDTnTBTwO4JtUQdqMm1gwOvgE6eSFaEhmVfFB6JAVzvTXQhlm_t9hYcEWcZpjnmUBoEHbk0zCsWrwrXNyMprEuulA/s320/Tess+and+Rhett.png" width="320" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: verdana;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Rhett was beloved by all who met him especially Tess. </span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: verdana;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">If you want to follow the adventures of Tess and her pal Rusty</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: verdana;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Instagram @contessaleia</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: 14px; text-align: left;"><br /></span></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: #262626; font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Thank you to Creswell Veterinarian Hospital</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"><span style="color: #262626; font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> for</span></span><span style="color: #262626; font-family: verdana; font-size: 14px;"> all your support, advice, and shoulder to cry on.</span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #262626; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-size: 14px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i>How Falling in Love is like Owning a Dog</i></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #262626; font-size: 14px;"><i><br /></i></span></div><i><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-size: 14px;"><div style="text-align: center;">First of all, it’s a big responsibility,</div></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-size: 14px;"><div style="text-align: center;">especially in a city like New York.</div></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-size: 14px;"><div style="text-align: center;">So think long and hard before deciding on love.</div></span></i><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #262626; font-size: 14px;"><i><br /></i></span></div><i><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-size: 14px;"><div style="text-align: center;">On the other hand, love gives you a sense of security:</div></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-size: 14px;"><div style="text-align: center;">when you’re walking down the street late at night</div></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-size: 14px;"><div style="text-align: center;">and you have a leash on love</div></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-size: 14px;"><div style="text-align: center;">ain’t no one going to mess with you.</div></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-size: 14px;"><div style="text-align: center;">Because crooks and muggers think love is unpredictable.</div></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-size: 14px;"><div style="text-align: center;">Who knows what love could do in its own defense?</div></span></i><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #262626; font-size: 14px;"><i><br /></i></span></div><i><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-size: 14px;"><div style="text-align: center;">On cold winter nights, love is warm.</div></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-size: 14px;"><div style="text-align: center;">It lies between you and lives and breathes</div></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-size: 14px;"><div style="text-align: center;">and makes funny noises.</div></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-size: 14px;"><div style="text-align: center;">Love wakes you up all hours of the night with its needs.</div></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-size: 14px;"><div style="text-align: center;">It needs to be fed so it will grow and stay healthy.</div></span></i><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #262626; font-size: 14px;"><i><br /></i></span></div><i><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-size: 14px;"><div style="text-align: center;">Love doesn’t like being left alone for long.</div></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-size: 14px;"><div style="text-align: center;">But come home and love is always happy to see you.</div></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-size: 14px;"><div style="text-align: center;">It may break a few things accidentally in its passion for life,</div></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-size: 14px;"><div style="text-align: center;">but you can never be mad at love for long.</div></span></i><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #262626; font-size: 14px;"><i><br /></i></span></div><i><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-size: 14px;"><div style="text-align: center;">Is love good all the time? No! No!</div></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-size: 14px;"><div style="text-align: center;">Love can be bad. Bad, love, bad! Very bad love.</div></span></i><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #262626; font-size: 14px;"><i><br /></i></span></div><i><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-size: 14px;"><div style="text-align: center;">Love makes messes.</div></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-size: 14px;"><div style="text-align: center;">Love leaves you little surprises here and there.</div></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-size: 14px;"><div style="text-align: center;">Love needs lots of cleaning up after.</div></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-size: 14px;"><div style="text-align: center;">Sometimes you just want to get love fixed.</div></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-size: 14px;"><div style="text-align: center;">Sometimes you want to roll up a piece of newspaper</div></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-size: 14px;"><div style="text-align: center;">and swat love on the nose,</div></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-size: 14px;"><div style="text-align: center;">not so much to cause pain,</div></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-size: 14px;"><div style="text-align: center;">just to let love know Don’t you ever do that again!</div></span></i><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #262626; font-size: 14px;"><i><br /></i></span></div><i><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-size: 14px;"><div style="text-align: center;">Sometimes love just wants to go out for a nice long walk.</div></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-size: 14px;"><div style="text-align: center;">Because love loves exercise. It will run you around the block</div></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-size: 14px;"><div style="text-align: center;">and leave you panting, breathless. Pull you in different directions</div></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-size: 14px;"><div style="text-align: center;">at once, or wind itself around and around you</div></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-size: 14px;"><div style="text-align: center;">until you’re all wound up and you cannot move.</div></span></i><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #262626; font-size: 14px;"><i><br /></i></span></div><i><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-size: 14px;"><div style="text-align: center;">But love makes you meet people wherever you go.</div></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-size: 14px;"><div style="text-align: center;">People who have nothing in common but love</div></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-size: 14px;"><div style="text-align: center;">stop and talk to each other on the street.</div></span></i><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #262626; font-size: 14px;"><i><br /></i></span></div><i><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-size: 14px;"><div style="text-align: center;">Throw things away and love will bring them back,</div></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-size: 14px;"><div style="text-align: center;">again, and again, and again.</div></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-size: 14px;"><div style="text-align: center;">But most of all, love needs love, lots of it.</div></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-size: 14px;"><div style="text-align: center;">And in return, love loves you and never stops.</div></span></i><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #262626; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-size: 14px;"><div style="text-align: center;">Taylor Mali</div></span></span>Besshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13629624341621723911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8516948742778788508.post-87370366901289405792021-02-19T10:13:00.001-08:002021-02-19T10:13:10.955-08:00A Critical Conversation: Panels on Racial Equity and Culture<p style="text-align: center;"> Megan Malone and I will be facilitating a panel on Equity and Culture...</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">Stop by and meet these wonderful panelists!</p><p style="text-align: center;">This is your <a href="https://eugenecontemporaryart.com/acc-panels-on-racial-equity-and-culture/" target="_blank">link!</a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p><br /></p>Besshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13629624341621723911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8516948742778788508.post-67041094501296484172021-01-03T20:50:00.001-08:002021-01-03T20:53:26.522-08:00nine = one - Oregon Art Supply show for January/ February 2021 <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfpLgKWxsYMQQggXjZg3lDddryCl0XGD0OBTgeG2XjPzGp5lhelmife0nNZ7HMp6FUy2RZjrkqE539VVg1VRwdWy5y-AHhojQkQWv4Sz6lHRi_mBdEftNsdco0iMZXOOt9tsPw9CefvHc/s1200/tenth-piece.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfpLgKWxsYMQQggXjZg3lDddryCl0XGD0OBTgeG2XjPzGp5lhelmife0nNZ7HMp6FUy2RZjrkqE539VVg1VRwdWy5y-AHhojQkQWv4Sz6lHRi_mBdEftNsdco0iMZXOOt9tsPw9CefvHc/s320/tenth-piece.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: verdana;">Ten </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: verdana;">Mixed Media Collage $200</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #eeeeee;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #eeeeee;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: verdana;">Happy NEW YEAR!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><p></p><div style="font-size: 12.09px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 36px;"><span style="background-color: #eeeeee;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">nine = one</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p style="font-size: 10pt; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: verdana;"> </span></p><div style="font-size: 12.09px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"><strong><span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></strong></div><p style="font-size: 10pt; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: verdana;"> </span></p><div style="font-size: 12.09px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"><strong><span><span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Five artist + nine canvases = one challenge</span></span></span></strong></div><p style="font-size: 10pt; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: verdana;"> </span></p><p style="font-size: 12.09px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: verdana;"> </span></p><p style="font-size: 10pt; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: verdana;"> </span></p><div style="font-size: 12.09px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"><span><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="background-color: #eeeeee;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Five local artists: </span></span></span></span></div><div style="font-size: 12.09px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"><span><span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-size: 14px;"><strong><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></strong></span></span></div><div style="font-size: 12.09px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"><span><span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-size: 14px;"><strong><span style="font-family: verdana;">Rebecca Mannheimer</span></strong></span></span></div><div style="font-size: 12.09px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"><span><span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-size: 14px;"><strong><span style="font-family: verdana;">Zoe Cohen</span></strong></span></span></div><div style="font-size: 12.09px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"><span><span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-size: 14px;"><strong><span style="font-family: verdana;">Ann Hamilton</span></strong></span></span></div><div style="font-size: 12.09px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"><span><span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-size: 14px;"><strong><span style="font-family: verdana;">Jenny Gray</span></strong></span></span></div><div style="font-size: 12.09px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"><span><span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-size: 14px;"><strong><span style="font-family: verdana;">Beth I. Robinson</span></strong></span></span></div><div style="font-size: 12.09px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 12.09px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"><span><span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span>answered the challenge of taking a grid of nine 8”x 8” panels. The goal in these unprecedented times was to</span> create a work of art that can both stand as one whole piece and nine individual pieces at the same time. </span></span></span></div><p style="font-size: 10pt; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: verdana;"> </span></p><p style="font-size: 10pt; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><div style="font-size: 12.09px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"><span><span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Every winter this group of artists exhibits work created as a response to a specific prompt. </span></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 13.3333px;">These</span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 14px;"> artists meet the summer to select a set of parameters, in essence a design challenge. Part of the idea of working with strict limitations is paradoxical. Setting limitations actually allows the artists great creativity in problem solving and they grow as artists by challenging themselves in this way. It brings a sense of continuity as the works naturally relate to each other </span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 14px;">while creating camaraderie.</span></div></div><p><span style="background-color: #eeeeee;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9uHeUkQtNSP0Tz_BL0DLtnWhjbRRiv4qCzNNDOFAVtd-BVK8LT5Gw2JN0zck1PUL-RYP-AD_SoQw3_9J1GvgmuKEpRaZ5gpD8DXZc__EvL2QcAekpVUnmLOVVdKdSWLRUInfXkpwyzGQ/s2048/one-is-the-whole.jpg" style="background-color: #eeeeee; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9uHeUkQtNSP0Tz_BL0DLtnWhjbRRiv4qCzNNDOFAVtd-BVK8LT5Gw2JN0zck1PUL-RYP-AD_SoQw3_9J1GvgmuKEpRaZ5gpD8DXZc__EvL2QcAekpVUnmLOVVdKdSWLRUInfXkpwyzGQ/s320/one-is-the-whole.jpg" /></a></div><span style="background-color: #eeeeee;"><br /> </span><p></p><p style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #eeeeee;">ONE - Mixed media Collage $200</span></p><p style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #eeeeee;">TWO - Mixed media Collage $200</span></p><p style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #eeeeee;">THREE - Mixed media Collage $200</span></p><p style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #eeeeee;">FOUR - Mixed media Collage $200</span></p><p style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #eeeeee;">FIVE - Mixed media Collage $200</span></p><p style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #eeeeee;">SIX - Mixed media Collage $200</span></p><p style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #eeeeee;">SEVEN- Mixed media Collage $200</span></p><p style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #eeeeee;">EIGHT- Mixed media Collage $200</span></p><p style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #eeeeee;">NINE- Mixed media Collage $200</span></p><p style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #eeeeee;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #eeeeee;"> </span></p><p style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #eeeeee;">Or for Nine = $1350</span></p>Besshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13629624341621723911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8516948742778788508.post-9823237818417283882020-11-22T22:28:00.004-08:002021-05-30T23:22:35.573-07:00Free 30 minute Initial Consultation for Grief Coaching<p><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuOFcXYnYh8hj8hIku5EuZx5MEZ2XwZXQugZidM9MePVdXn43aEKNxZpVp4P7f7ipW1EDgcascil6476yirpoJ2upOaJA3rTmZNR_TJkF3TCuPTwEfj4iKHdDVmQc8jpua19j9tg_2RTA/s1280/Slide1.PNG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuOFcXYnYh8hj8hIku5EuZx5MEZ2XwZXQugZidM9MePVdXn43aEKNxZpVp4P7f7ipW1EDgcascil6476yirpoJ2upOaJA3rTmZNR_TJkF3TCuPTwEfj4iKHdDVmQc8jpua19j9tg_2RTA/w400-h224/Slide1.PNG" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br />My biggest hope through my artwork and advocacy is to create more awareness on the process of grief and mourning in an avoidance culture. As a Advanced Grief Recovery Specialist, I focus on unresolved grief from death, divorce, and other losses for better reconciliation. I don't want you to hold on to your broken heart or to do it alone like I did. </span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">_Grief Defined:_</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Grief and mourning are often confused or used interchangeably. Grief is the internal feelings of loss, while mourning is the outward expression of internal grief. Grief can arise from any change in a normal pattern and is the normal, natural and PAINFUL emotional reactions to loss or change of ANY kind. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Some examples include:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Death </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Divorce or end of a relationship</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Loss of a career</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Loss of trust</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Loss of faith</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Loss of safety</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Loss of health</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Loss of a sense of self or identity</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Loss from a combination of these elements</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">_The Problem_</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">For many people even though grief is normal & natural, the vast majority of what we learn in our society about dealing with loss is not normal, not natural or helpful. We learn more about how to mend a broken arm, then we do about how to support people grieving. Your feelings are normal and natural. The problem is that we have been socialized to believe that these feelings are abnormal and unnatural.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">How I can help to heal your broken heart:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I facilitate online one-on-one 7 -1 1/5 hour-sessions on the Grief Recovery Method® Educational Program.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">We will:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Create a safe environment in which to look at old beliefs about dealing with loss</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Discover what losses have affected your life </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Develop new tools surrounding loss</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Take new actions to move forward with unresolved losses while honoring your grief</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">The Grief Recovery Method® Educational Outreach Program is not an occasional, drop-in support group. For the safety and success of all participants, commitment and attendance is essential. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">-----</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">The fee for the online one-on-one 7 -1 1/2 hours sessions is <strike>$1,000. </strike></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span>until the end of December - Pay what you can afford.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">-----</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">- Sign up for a free 30 minute <a href="https://calendly.com/bethirobinson" target="_blank">Initial Consultation</a> for grief coaching.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">In this call or zoom meetup, we will be talking specifically about what you have been through, how it is impacting you, and whether we are a good fit for the Grief Recovery Method program and/or any of my art & grief workshops.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I'll be here went you are ready.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Beth</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Transforming conflict and loss through creativity & collaboration </span></p>Besshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13629624341621723911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8516948742778788508.post-63004737089085443382020-09-15T18:21:00.006-07:002020-10-24T12:00:27.159-07:00Helping Children With Loss - Free Talk<p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4St3uqTOzXW3NjX-I9M93NLsTqolghD9fcbTwMJa6zuYLuvbwjEJGk2XZHzGBLpITt8u7czAp-VHYfodLkoR2-J2_FuVesZaQQ4NEonXcpH1b78UdeDHCAMWDFQKqJoPn7tDqAyGZvnI/s1459/gr_master_children_1.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="822" data-original-width="1459" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4St3uqTOzXW3NjX-I9M93NLsTqolghD9fcbTwMJa6zuYLuvbwjEJGk2XZHzGBLpITt8u7czAp-VHYfodLkoR2-J2_FuVesZaQQ4NEonXcpH1b78UdeDHCAMWDFQKqJoPn7tDqAyGZvnI/s320/gr_master_children_1.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 18px;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #333333;">Watching a child grieve and not know what to do is a profoundly difficult experience for parents, teachers, and caregivers. We are currently in an unprecedented time of grief, change, and resilience. On Oct 25th at 2 p.</span><span style="color: #333333;">m. Pacific Standard, I will be presenting a one hour informational talk for adults on helping children with loss. There are tools for helping children develop a lifelong healthy response to loss. </span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I hope you will join me to hear more. </span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #333333;">Email me at </span><a href="mailto:Beth@robinpress.com" style="color: #de8a35; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.25s ease 0s, all 0.25s ease 0s;">Beth@robinpress.com</a><span style="color: #333333;"> to register for your spot. </span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><strike>Only 10 spots available.</strike></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><strike>Only 8 spots available.</strike></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><strike>Only 7 spots available.</strike></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><strike>Only 3 spots available.</strike></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Only 2 spots available</span></span></p>Besshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13629624341621723911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8516948742778788508.post-66654064242582317872020-09-15T15:54:00.006-07:002020-09-24T18:47:20.437-07:00Can one recover from loss? <p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ8bjsPF38F0P7AFtcbHyMYMLV537lVF646fDRq55KL_PTzVWVHGVtEiQ5_WMAiliEe07njnE1ongRV-SPPjcTdLWjWmj-yHVvQybnXdrxf4X60Jfuyc_s5rCvq7xozo2MpHJUtvLo0Pk/s800/image.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ8bjsPF38F0P7AFtcbHyMYMLV537lVF646fDRq55KL_PTzVWVHGVtEiQ5_WMAiliEe07njnE1ongRV-SPPjcTdLWjWmj-yHVvQybnXdrxf4X60Jfuyc_s5rCvq7xozo2MpHJUtvLo0Pk/s320/image.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><h3 style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-size: xx-small; font-weight: normal;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.8px; text-align: start;">A detail from an 18th-century oil painting depiction of the </span><em style="box-sizing: border-box; letter-spacing: 0.8px; text-align: start;">Dance of Death</em><span style="letter-spacing: 0.8px; text-align: start;">. </span></span></span></h3><h3 style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-size: xx-small; font-weight: normal;"><a class="caption-credit" href="http://catalogue.wellcomelibrary.org/" rel="nofollow" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; box-shadow: none; box-sizing: border-box; letter-spacing: 0.12em; line-height: 1em; text-align: start; text-decoration-line: none; text-transform: uppercase;" target="_blank">WELLCOME IMAGES, LONDON/ CC BY 4.0</a></span></span></h3><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">Can one recover from loss? <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Recovery means acquiring skills we should have been taught
to allow us to deal with loss directly. Sadly, most of us have not been given
the necessary information with which to make correct choices in response to a
loss. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">A year after my father, John, died my youngest brother, Jacob, died. He was a dancer, funny, handsome, and eager to start his adventure in the
world. As a 24-year old dancer he was fit, strong and had grown to be fully
alive in his body. As a child he tripped over his feet and now after studies in
dance, he owned every part of himself. Except one.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">At eighteen, he was diagnosed with juvenile diabetes. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I’m one of five children in a tight knit family. The loss of
my father was incredibly hard on each of us and our mother. Jacob was
struggling with college, type 1 diabetes, and normal living before my father’s
death. Yet after, in each of us there became a deep need to “seize the day” not
matter what. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">He struggled with his diabetes, graduated college, and then
decide to move to NY city. Taking with him so many piled up losses over the
last several years: loss of health, loss of community, moving, death, a fractured family structure, loss of a sense of self, graduating again, and moving again. He
avoided talking about diabetes, changes in his health or how it was
progressing. These losses are hard enough as a griever, and then another level as
a person with diabetes, large changes in a pattern can be really hard on the body.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Not to long after moving to NY city, he was found in his apartment
dead. It is suspected his blood sugar was low causing hypoglycemia. He fell and
may have hit his head. My mother, my brothers, and I went to claim his body in
a NY city morgue. Looking at his lifeless body, I can tell you it was one of
the worst experiences of my life. I do not regret being there as I loved him. I
still love and miss him. We are left with the uncertainty of the events of his
death to this day.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">After that, I had a significant amount of emotional grief that
I stuffed deep into myself. I had to stay
strong for my mom and my siblings. I kept busy taking care of "things," and stuffed
the pain and loss into the depths of my being. Not even when I was alone would I take it out and work through it. Then it became worst, a fond or beautiful
memory of him would turn painful as all I could remember was that day in the morgue. I
made a choice in that moment that I would look for tools and actions that would
help me to celebrate, love, and remember Jacob while being able to let the
grief, pain, and loss go. Even writing this, I’m remembering his smile, the curls
in his hair as a little boy, his ability to make me laugh, and the way he could
dance. That day in the morgue has become just a fact in his death and never
overrides the memory of all the good stuff anymore.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Good tools and a series of small and thoughtful choices made
by a griever can support recovery from loss. I found the Grief Recovery Method
and my art practice invaluable in this process. With these tools and actions, recovery
becomes the ability to feel better, to find new meaning for living, enjoying
fond memories while also being able to work with ones that might not be. Most importantly,
recovery is acknowledging that it is perfectly all right to feel sad from time
to time and to talk about those feelings no matter how those around you react. Recovering
from a loss is not as easy task. Taking the actions that lead to recovery will
require your attention, open-mindedness, willingness, and courage.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Do you want to go deeper?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Recovery from loss is achieved by a series of small and
correct choices made by the Griever.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Schedule your free 15-minute mini session with me <a href="https://robinpress.com/contact.html" target="_blank">here</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Sign up for my newsletter <a href="https://robinpress.com/contact.html" target="_blank">here</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I’ll be here when you are ready.</span><o:p></o:p></p>Besshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13629624341621723911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8516948742778788508.post-9793423005754254722020-09-11T18:41:00.000-07:002020-09-11T18:41:02.641-07:00Identifying Short – Term Energy Relieving Behaviors or STERBS<p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO3KJAL9zYXEYblT5mnogbTuxTc6FvwaNfPHbEg8UnFhGquYMbtChTTzkcsj7SzLiy5msj_qP7dTx819TCMyT5g1waXTdIiOGiFYVnq1Z3tHZg89e30e78zcALggQMMqCam4hUV_PNTQI/s991/Los_borrachos_o_el_triunfo_de_Baco_1629_Vel%25C3%25A1zquez.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="991" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO3KJAL9zYXEYblT5mnogbTuxTc6FvwaNfPHbEg8UnFhGquYMbtChTTzkcsj7SzLiy5msj_qP7dTx819TCMyT5g1waXTdIiOGiFYVnq1Z3tHZg89e30e78zcALggQMMqCam4hUV_PNTQI/s320/Los_borrachos_o_el_triunfo_de_Baco_1629_Vel%25C3%25A1zquez.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><i style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Triumph_of_Bacchus" style="background: none; text-decoration-line: none;" title="The Triumph of Bacchus">The Triumph of Bacchus</a></i><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;">, </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diego_Vel%C3%A1zquez" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: start; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Diego Velázquez">Diego Velázquez</a><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;">, c. 1629</span></span></div><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br />Identifying short – term energy-relieving behaviors or
Sterbs<o:p></o:p></span></b><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Many people in our society use what is call STERBs or “Short
term energy relieving behaviors” in an attempt to cover the feelings caused by
unresolved emotions from grief. Some examples of Sterbs are alcohol, food,
shopping, and exercise.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Being able to identify short term energy relievers is an
important part of understanding how we replace grief. Grief is the change in
any normal pattern and there are approximately 40 different types of specific losses.
Death only being one of them. In this current season of upheaval our former normal
patterns are completely gone with things like zoom fatigue, home schooling, inequities,
and loneliness filling some of the voids. It is understandable that we are
grieving. These losses produce an incredible amount of emotional energy that
can be exhausting. And largely, we have been socialized to deal with sad,
painful, and negative emotions incorrectly, leaving us to store this energy within
our bodies and minds.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">As a kid have you ever hurt yourself and been offered a
cookie. You might have learned that feelings can be fixed with food. But really
when the cookie is eaten the feelings are different, not better, and for a
moment your distracted from the incident that created a sad emotional response.
This distraction tactic has not created a completion of emotional pain caused
by the event. The event and the feelings attached to it are now buried in your
belly with a distraction cookie and are reinforced to not be revisited. “Don’t
cry over spilled milk.” “Be strong.” “Pull yourself up by your bootstraps.” I
have a stomach-ache thinking about it.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Short-term relief offered through consumption is an illusion
for long term relief from pain caused by the loss. The “go to” western human
coping mechanism for loss becomes to cover up, hide, or bury feelings with
distractions. The consuming of these distractions becomes the habitual response
to the emotional energy, rather than discovering the real source of the energy
or complete the relationship affected by our loss. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Food and alcohol are obvious and typical short-term energy
relieving behaviors. Yet, there are many, many other behaviors that have the
same life-limiting and damaging consequences. This partial list if done for the
wrong reason, can have a negative impact on grieving people:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]-->Food<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]-->Alcohol/Drugs<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]-->Anger<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]-->Exercise<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]-->Fantasy (movies, TV, books, gaming, social
media)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]-->Isolation<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]-->Sex<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]-->Shopping (humorously called retail therapy)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]-->Workaholism</span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="font-family: verdana; text-indent: -0.25in;"> Most of these actions are not harmful in and of themselves.
They become harmful when you engage in them for the wrong reason. In fact,
short-term energy relievers can have the opposite effect: the shopping binge
followed by remorse over the money spent. This can be further distraction from
the real and original emotional event or loss.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">While many short-term energy relievers are apparent, some
are not. I can say I have worked with people who have come year after year to grief
support groups or visit the grave site on an extremely regular basis years
following a death looking for long term relief. The problem with these actions
is it does not lead to a completion with the loss.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Feel free to connect with me for a 15 minute discussion to
discover if you would like an opportunity to work with the Grief Recovery
Method on how certain actions of your own maybe indirect ways of dealing with
the feelings caused by loss. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I will be here when you are ready.</span><o:p></o:p></p>Besshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13629624341621723911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8516948742778788508.post-4793422824919738192020-06-22T16:39:00.004-07:002020-09-15T18:33:14.162-07:00Myths about Grief - Twelve Labors of Hercules<font face="verdana" size="2" style="background-color: white;"><br /></font><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3L3ThaW-c65l-MM6K4eHNN0JMQ61GTWOi0-f47flmCcm55DIfiVH6-6NGA3VgoByExyQW5OQx5lR_CV6umxsbbWwkVgAk3c343C5dl-5NHz-7e0FA8JUGufEb5r62JepPZlLnYcUkwkU/s640/lossy-page1-640px-Hans_Sebald_Beham_-_The_Labors_of_Hercules-_Hercules_Killing_the_Lernean_Hydra_-_1923.120.7_-_Cleveland_Museum_of_Art.tif.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><font color="#000000" face="verdana" size="2" style="background-color: white;"><img border="0" data-original-height="443" data-original-width="640" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3L3ThaW-c65l-MM6K4eHNN0JMQ61GTWOi0-f47flmCcm55DIfiVH6-6NGA3VgoByExyQW5OQx5lR_CV6umxsbbWwkVgAk3c343C5dl-5NHz-7e0FA8JUGufEb5r62JepPZlLnYcUkwkU/w400-h278/lossy-page1-640px-Hans_Sebald_Beham_-_The_Labors_of_Hercules-_Hercules_Killing_the_Lernean_Hydra_-_1923.120.7_-_Cleveland_Museum_of_Art.tif.jpg" width="400" /></font></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><font face="verdana" size="2" style="background-color: white;"><br /></font></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://clevelandart.org/art/1923.120.7"><font color="#000000" face="verdana" size="2" style="background-color: #f3f3f3;">The Labors of Hercules: Hercules Killing the Lernean Hydra</font></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><font face="verdana" size="2" style="background-color: #f3f3f3;">by Hans Sebald Beham, Engraving, 1545</font></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><font face="verdana" size="2" style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"><br /></font></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><font face="verdana" size="2" style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"><br /></font></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><font face="verdana" size="2" style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"><br /></font></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small; text-align: left;">I got some notes wondering what working with me, art, and grief might look like. I thought I would share one of my biggest Aha's with grief. </span><span style="text-align: start;"><font face="verdana" size="2">Before I begin, I want to say I am not a clinical therapist and any of the tools I bring up are for educational purposes only. You might be reading this because you are struggling with grief and I hope this gives you an idea how I work with my own and how I can work with you.</font></span></span></div><h2 class="uk-h2 uk-text-success uk-width-xlarge uk-scrollspy-inview uk-animation-fade" style="animation-duration: 0.8s; animation-fill-mode: both; animation-name: uk-fade; animation-timing-function: linear; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: 2px; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; text-transform: uppercase; width: 600px;" uk-scrollspy-class=""><font face="verdana" size="2" style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"><br /></font></h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><font face="verdana" size="2" style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"><br /></font></div><span style="text-align: start;"><div style="text-align: left;"><font face="verdana" size="2" style="background-color: #f3f3f3;">Grief is the conflicting feelings caused by the end or any change in a normal pattern. It is the normal, natural and PAINFUL emotional reactions to loss or change of ANY kind. While mourning is the ability to externally express this loss. A person can experience multiple losses over the course of a lifetime, such as: a death, a move, an illness, disability and many others. This can include happy things like a marriage, graduation or new job. Largely it is a loss of some aspect of self or identity. The Wall Street Journal reported in 2002, our avoidance of grief and the conflicts it creates costs U.S. companies more than $75 billion annually.</font></div></span><div style="text-align: left;"><font face="verdana" size="2" style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"><br /></font></div><span style="text-align: start;"><div style="text-align: left;"><font face="verdana" size="2" style="background-color: #f3f3f3;">Grief and mourning are a process and a unique journey. </font></div></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: start;"><font face="verdana" size="2" style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"><br /></font></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><font face="verdana" size="2" style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"><span style="text-align: start;">There is no quick fix. Creating a new sense of self often involves experimenting a bit. Looking at examples from art history can sharpen the inherent ability to “see” as humans while unlocking our potential for change. Linking the eye, hand, heart and head can provide discovery. While understanding t</span><span style="text-align: left;">he key to recovery from unresolved grief is action.</span></font></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><font face="verdana" size="2" style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"><br /></font></div><p style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><font face="verdana" size="2" style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"><span style="text-align: start;"><b>Myths about Grief - from the </b></span><span style="orphans: 3; widows: 3;">The Grief Recovery Method®</span></font></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="orphans: 3; widows: 3;"><font face="verdana" size="2" style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"><br /></font></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font face="verdana" size="2" style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"><br /></font></div><span style="text-align: start;"><div style="text-align: left;"><font face="verdana" size="2"><b style="background-color: #f3f3f3;">1.Time heals. </b></font></div></span><p></p><p style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><font face="verdana" size="2" style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"><span style="text-align: start;">Time does not heal, action within time does. P</span><span style="text-align: start;">eople have waited 10, 20, 30 or even 40 years to feel better.</span></font></p><p style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></p><div style="text-align: left;"><font face="verdana" size="2" style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"><br /></font></div><span style="text-align: start;"><font face="verdana" size="2" style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b>2. Grieve alone. </b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Often this advice is subtly implied,“Give your mom her space” or “He just needs a few minutes alone in the other room.” A societal norm is that sad feelings should be hidden or experienced alone.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></font></span><div style="text-align: left;"><font face="verdana" size="2" style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"><br /></font></div><span style="text-align: start;"><font face="verdana" size="2" style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b>3. Be strong.</b> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Usually the Griever is asked to be strong for others. “You have to be strong for your... [e.g. wife]” or “Be strong for your children.” “Pull up your boot straps."</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></font></span><div style="text-align: left;"><font face="verdana" size="2" style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"><br /></font></div><span style="text-align: start;"><font face="verdana" size="2" style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b>4. Don’t feel bad.</b> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">This is usually followed by an intellectually true statement but is not helpful at all to the Griever, “Don’t feel bad, his suffering is over.” or “Don’t feel bad, at least you knew her as long as you did.”</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></font></span><div style="text-align: left;"><font face="verdana" size="2" style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"><br /></font></div><span style="text-align: start;"><font face="verdana" size="2" style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b>5. Replace the loss.</b> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">This is common with pet loss or the end of a romantic relationship. “On Tuesday we’ll get you a new dog” or “There are plenty of fish in the sea. You just have to get out there and date again.” Most likely there has been no action taken to grieve over the loss of the pet or relationship, just an attempt at not feeling the emotions attached to the loss.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></font></span><div style="text-align: left;"><font face="verdana" size="2" style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"><br /></font></div><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; text-align: start;"><div style="text-align: left;"><font face="verdana" size="2"><b>6. Keep busy.</b></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font face="verdana" size="2"><br /></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font face="verdana" size="2"> “If I just keep busy then I won’t have time to think about the loss.” Many people spend their whole lives with this mentality and never get a chance to grieve and complete what was unresolved with loss. Mostly, they are left even more tired.</font></div></span><div style="text-align: left;"><font face="verdana" size="2" style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"><br /></font></div><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"><span style="text-align: start;"><font face="verdana" size="2"><div style="text-align: left;">None of these ideas lead us to the actions of discovering and completing the unfinished emotions that accrue in all losses.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">After I learned about these myths, the images from art history of Hercules working through the the Twelve Labors came to my mind. The Twelve Labors of Hercules are: killing Lernaean Hydra, wrestling with Nemean Lion, destroying the Ceryneian Hind, killing the Erymanthian Boar, capturing the Stymphalian Birds, taking down the Cretan Bull, stealing the Mares of Diomedes, finding the Girdle of Hippolyta, releasing the Cattle of Geryon, collecting the Apples of the Hesperides, dragging Cerberus from the underworld, and the humiliation at the The Stables of Augeas. At times in my grief, I felt like I was wrestling a lion, a Hydra then only to move onto Cerberus. How about you?</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></font></span><span style="text-align: start;"><font face="verdana" size="2"><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTXNjANu2is_5Vi5LnmfFRUBYztpU0MXcULfuG3NnvkznLwEdeKNbeI0I1dL_U5wsyoprfhzP7Q4ZbnfmpVgnv1y29F4Dakh0-ms3exsAaRgZrOEPWcaY136lIRgqCSxnVdaagPKcZ4HY/s640/lossy-page1-640px-Hans_Sebald_Beham_-_The_Labors_of_Hercules-_Hercules_Strangling_the_Nemean_Lion_-_1923.120.11_-_Cleveland_Museum_of_Art.tif.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="435" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTXNjANu2is_5Vi5LnmfFRUBYztpU0MXcULfuG3NnvkznLwEdeKNbeI0I1dL_U5wsyoprfhzP7Q4ZbnfmpVgnv1y29F4Dakh0-ms3exsAaRgZrOEPWcaY136lIRgqCSxnVdaagPKcZ4HY/s320/lossy-page1-640px-Hans_Sebald_Beham_-_The_Labors_of_Hercules-_Hercules_Strangling_the_Nemean_Lion_-_1923.120.11_-_Cleveland_Museum_of_Art.tif.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: start;"><a href="https://clevelandart.org/art/1923.120.11">The Labors of Hercules: Hercules Strangling the Nemean Lion</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: start;">by Hans Sebald Beham, </span>Engraving, 1545</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKFs4wlkiEHY5q1P_HdJ9Fc0pJKdXK5wWEyPRKglZ1L6i_c2PTOBpZVU_S1W1HqPvUW8t3H3s8OA4Qj4jH-qPrrQKjEVLtnCztG1jfqJJd_yigD5hPeJY_lkXJV2MagscA1cB9GRPgHz0/s1024/lossy-page1-1024px-Hans_Sebald_Beham_-_The_Labors_of_Hercules-_Hercules_Killing_the_Giant_Cacus_-_1923.120.9_-_Cleveland_Museum_of_Art.tif.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><font face="verdana" size="2"><span style="text-align: start;"><a href="https://clevelandart.org/art/1923.120.1" style="background-color: #f3f3f3;" target="_blank">The Labors of Hercules: Hercules Defeating the Centaurs</a></span></font></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><font face="verdana" size="2" style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"><span style="text-align: start;">by Hans Sebald Beham, </span>Engraving, 1545</font></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><font face="verdana" size="2" style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"><br /></font></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><font face="verdana" size="2" style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"><br /></font></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><font face="verdana" size="2" style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"><br /></font></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><font face="verdana" size="2" style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"><br /></font></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: start;"><a href="https://clevelandart.org/art/1923.120.2 Licensing" target="_blank"><font face="verdana" size="2" style="background-color: #f3f3f3;">The Labors of Hercules: Hercules and Nessus</font></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><font face="verdana" size="2" style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"><span style="text-align: start;">by Hans Sebald Beham, </span>Engraving, 1545</font></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><font face="verdana" size="2" style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"><br /></font></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><font face="verdana" size="2" style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"><br /></font></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><font face="verdana" size="2" style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"><br /></font></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: start;"><a href="https://clevelandart.org/art/1923.120.10" target="_blank"><font face="verdana" size="2" style="background-color: #f3f3f3;">The Labors of Hercules: Hercules Crushing Antaeus</font></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><font face="verdana" size="2" style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"><span style="text-align: start;">by Hans Sebald Beham, </span>Engraving, 1545</font></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><font face="verdana" size="2" style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"><br /></font></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><font face="verdana" size="2" style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"><br /></font></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><font face="verdana" size="2" style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"><br /></font></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><font face="verdana" size="2" style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"><span style="text-align: start;">by Hans Sebald Beham, </span>Engraving, 1545</font></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><font face="verdana" size="2" style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"><br /></font></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><font face="verdana" size="2" style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"><br /></font></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><font face="verdana" size="2" style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"><br /></font></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><font face="verdana" size="2" style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"><br /></font></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><font face="verdana" size="2" style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"><br /></font></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: start;"><a href="https://clevelandart.org/art/1923.120.8" target="_blank"><font face="verdana" size="2" style="background-color: #f3f3f3;">The Labors of Hercules: Hercules and the Columns of Gades</font></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><font face="verdana" size="2" style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"><span style="text-align: start;">by Hans Sebald Beham, </span>Engraving, 1545</font></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><font face="verdana" size="2" style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"><br /></font></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><font face="verdana" size="2" style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"><br /></font></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><font face="verdana" size="2" style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"><br /></font></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><font face="verdana" size="2" style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"><br /></font></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><font face="verdana" size="2" style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"><br /></font></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><font face="verdana" size="2"><span style="text-align: start;"><a href=" https://clevelandart.org/art/1923.120.5" style="background-color: #f3f3f3;" target="_blank">The Labors of Hercules: Hercules Dragging Cerberus from the Underworld</a></span></font></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><font face="verdana" size="2" style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"><span style="text-align: start;">by Hans Sebald Beham, </span>Engraving, 1545</font></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><font face="verdana" size="2" style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"><br /></font></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><font face="verdana" size="2" style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"><br /></font></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><font face="verdana" size="2" style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"><br /></font></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><font face="verdana" size="2" style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"><br /></font></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: start;"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mosaic_with_the_Labors_of_Hercules,_3rd_century_AD,_found_in_Lliria_(Valencia),_National_Archaeological_Museum_of_Spain,_Madrid_(15457108142).jpg" target="_blank"><font face="verdana" size="2" style="background-color: #f3f3f3;">Mosaic with the Labors of Hercules, 3rd century AD, found in Lliria (Valencia), National Archaeological Museum of Spain, Madrid</font></a></span></div><font face="verdana" size="2" style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"><br /></font></div><p></p><p style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; text-align: start;"><font face="verdana" size="2"></font></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><font face="verdana" size="2" style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"><br /></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font face="verdana" size="2" style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"><br /></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font face="verdana" size="2" style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"><br /></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font face="verdana" size="2" style="background-color: #f3f3f3;">Now, take a moment to look over the these engravings.</font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font face="verdana" size="2" style="background-color: #f3f3f3;">Draw the basic shapes noting black, white and grey also. Just a sketch.<br />Think about how these myths have impacted your own grief?<br />Write a short sentence about what you see, notice or what it evokes for you.<br /><br /><i><br />The Labors of Hercules</i> are some of the most famous tales from Greek mythology. Hercules would undertake these <i>Labors </i>as an act of penance for the grief he carried. As a young man, Hercules assisted King Creon of Thebes in his war with the Minyans. Later, he married Creon's daughter, Megara.</font></div><span style="text-align: start;"><font face="verdana" size="2" style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"><div style="text-align: left;"> <br />Despite being a son of Zeus, Hercules was not favoured by all of the gods & goddess. Hera, Zeus’ wife had a special hatred for her husband’s son. Hera would persecute Hercules whenever she had the chance and sent the goddess Madness to Thebes. Overtaken by Madness, Heracles kills his own children and possibly his wife. For his "crimes," Hercules is banished from Thebes, and travels to Delphi to consult with the Oracle about how to atone for his actions. The proclamation from the Oracle at Delphi was that Hercules must enter into a period of servitude with King Eurystheus, and perform any task requested hence the Twelve Labors.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">We have a long tradition of the griever fighting the Lion, the Hydra, the Hind, the Boar, the Birds, the Bull, the Mares, retrieving the Girdles?, finding Apples and Cattle, and lastly dragging Cerberus back to the underworld, and even feeling humiliation, shame and isolation at the The Stables of Augeas. This myth shows the weight and labor of grief. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I can tell you, it's never to soon or too late to recover from the pain of grief and it doesn't have to be a relentless burden. <span style="orphans: 3; text-align: justify; widows: 3;">Art history, my artist practice and The Grief Recovery Method® have provided me with tools to work with my own grief and I want to <a href="https://robinpress.com/section/419749-How-I-can-help-you-heal-your-broken-heart.html" target="_blank">share them with you</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="orphans: 3; text-align: justify; widows: 3;"><br /></span></div></font></span><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; orphans: 3; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline; widows: 3;"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; font-family: verdana; font-size: small; text-align: left;">I'll be here when you're ready.</span></p><span style="text-align: start;"><font face="verdana" size="2" style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Beth </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Beth@robinpress.com</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></font></span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><h2 class="uk-h2 uk-text-center uk-scrollspy-inview uk-animation-fade" id="page#4-0-0-0" style="animation-duration: 0.8s; animation-fill-mode: both; animation-name: uk-fade; animation-timing-function: linear; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: 4px; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px 0px 20px; text-align: center; text-transform: uppercase;" uk-scrollspy-class=""><font face="verdana" size="2" style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"><br /></font></h2><h2 class="uk-h2 uk-text-center uk-scrollspy-inview uk-animation-fade" id="page#4-0-0-1" style="animation-duration: 0.8s; animation-fill-mode: both; animation-name: uk-fade; animation-timing-function: linear; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: 4px; line-height: 1.3; margin: 40px 0px 20px; text-align: center; text-transform: uppercase;" uk-scrollspy-class=""><font face="verdana" size="2" style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"><br /></font></h2><h2 class="uk-h2 uk-text-center uk-scrollspy-inview uk-animation-fade" id="page#4-0-0-2" style="animation-duration: 0.8s; animation-fill-mode: both; animation-name: uk-fade; animation-timing-function: linear; background-color: white; font-family: montserrat; font-size: 32px; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: 4px; line-height: 1.3; margin: 40px 0px 0px; text-align: center; text-transform: uppercase;" uk-scrollspy-class=""><br /></h2></div>Besshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13629624341621723911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8516948742778788508.post-33782219300309932712020-06-03T19:49:00.009-07:002020-06-04T08:27:54.084-07:00Ring Theory: a grief tool for understanding your place in crisis, conflict or loss.<p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3w0A7ZRJeFFeKDDGZ9glCO3GDbMhCYa8PASPZmPL5SFDHmtD98dsPbeWHTtCTDJji2hffcZFkvg50TTXL9NGm1aPQTLQ1-kSYMHh_JvqcbR7gZIo8tntPxcfw6EO0Ry-zMBVc8FO420g/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="401" data-original-width="560" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3w0A7ZRJeFFeKDDGZ9glCO3GDbMhCYa8PASPZmPL5SFDHmtD98dsPbeWHTtCTDJji2hffcZFkvg50TTXL9NGm1aPQTLQ1-kSYMHh_JvqcbR7gZIo8tntPxcfw6EO0Ry-zMBVc8FO420g/s320/K%25C3%25A4the+Kollwitz%252C+In+Memoriam+Karl+Liebknecht.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><font face="verdana" size="1">Kathe Kollwitz, In Memoriam Karl Liebnecht</font></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><font face="verdana" size="2">The world is grieving in a huge way right now for so many
different things… But let’s zero in on one big one today... Black lives and
black bodies.<o:p></o:p></font><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="verdana" size="2">The black community is grieving, and they have every right
to. How can you be a good support to these grievers? If you are an ally or
support person, this is not about you in this moment and DO NOT turn to these
grievers to make yourself feel better. Suck it up buttercup! (More resources
for understanding privilege and systemic racism at the end of this post.)<o:p></o:p></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="verdana" size="2">After my own losses, many people wanted me or my siblings to
comfort them. Just writing that just now sounds crazy! They wanted me to be
strong, educate them, and be compassionate for them so they could grieve and move on.
While my family and I were, well, GRIEVING. This only left us extra tired and lonely.
Honestly, I was angry at people who put my mother’s grief for my father and brother
behind their own. <o:p></o:p></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="verdana" size="2">One of the best tools any ally can understand about grief is
Ring Theory. This concept was written about by psychologist Susan Silk and her
friend Barry Goldman. This simple tool will help determine what part you play
in the loss, conflict or crisis.<o:p></o:p></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="verdana" size="2"><br /></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="verdana" size="2"><br /></font></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8OEfTWuTy7C4F6cirUbA9iolDWYHzph-i17UufMlN_8fqoClKz_4abpWGp7lEpMlIvgsTMu1mVRx21lFgaMcjkHtUdGgIQuAhKkrAZxWPENF04hwnjb4vi02IMnLue34BM8Kjpg4gCMQ/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><font face="verdana" size="2"><img border="0" data-original-height="343" data-original-width="399" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8OEfTWuTy7C4F6cirUbA9iolDWYHzph-i17UufMlN_8fqoClKz_4abpWGp7lEpMlIvgsTMu1mVRx21lFgaMcjkHtUdGgIQuAhKkrAZxWPENF04hwnjb4vi02IMnLue34BM8Kjpg4gCMQ/s320/unnamed.jpg" width="320" /></font></a></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;">This is just the basic gest of Ring Theory:</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><font face="verdana" size="2"><span><span>1.<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span>Draw a circle. In this circle, write the name of
the person or people at the center of the event.<o:p></o:p></font></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><font face="verdana" size="2"><span><span>2.<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span>Now draw a larger circle around the first one.
In this ring, put the name of the person next closest to the event.<o:p></o:p></font></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><font face="verdana" size="2"><span><span>3.<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span>In each larger ring, put the next closest people
involved in the event.<o:p></o:p></font></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><font face="verdana" size="2"><br /></font></p>
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<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><font face="verdana" size="2"><span><span>1.<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span>Anyone in the center of the ring can say anything
they want to anyone, anywhere. Kvetching, moaning, complaining, whining, cursing
and fist in the air like Bender from The Breakfast Club.<o:p></o:p></font></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><font face="verdana" size="2"><span><span>2.<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span>This is KEY. Everyone else can use the above
list also, but only to people in a larger ring! <o:p></o:p></font></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><font face="verdana" size="2"><span><span>3.<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span>If you are talking to a person in a ring smaller
than yours or someone closer to the center of circle your role is to HELP, LISTEN, and COMFORT ONLY. Before you open your mouth, think is this going to provide
comfort and support. If the answer is no. Let it go. People in the center need
comfort and support not your advice or opinion. Things of comfort sound like: “Tell
me what happened?” “Can I bring you dinner?” “How can I support you?” Then you
really listen, and you commit to doing what you say you will do. You sit right
in that moment with them and you hold that vessel of safety so they can take a
breath, feel safe and supported. Most of the time people just want to be heard
and acknowledged. By doing this their grief will begin to shift.<o:p></o:p></font></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><font face="verdana" size="2"><span><span>4.<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span>Don’t change the subject to you and your
feelings, advice or this is a bummer. Just don’t be that person. And if you do,
then maybe you should admit you’re the wrong person to be here in this moment
without more tools on board to help. Fair enough, own that. But if you are the
only person there close your mouth, open your heart, and just LISTEN.<o:p></o:p></font></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><font face="verdana" size="2"><span><span>5.<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span>If you are anywhere in the circle and you want
to scream, cry, complain, whine, or feel the feels, totally cool. Just DO IT with someone in the bigger ring!<o:p></o:p></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="verdana" size="2"><b>The whole point of this ring is to provide comfort to those
inside the circle and ripple the dumping to the outside of the circle so
everyone along the way is heard and can heal while finding collaborative solutions.</b><o:p></o:p></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="verdana" size="2"><a href="https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/promoting-hope-preventing-suicide/201705/ring-theory-helps-us-bring-comfort-in">https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/promoting-hope-preventing-suicide/201705/ring-theory-helps-us-bring-comfort-in</a><o:p></o:p></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="verdana" size="2"><a href="https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-xpm-2013-apr-07-la-oe-0407-silk-ring-theory-20130407-story.html">https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-xpm-2013-apr-07-la-oe-0407-silk-ring-theory-20130407-story.html</a><o:p></o:p></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="verdana" size="2">White Fragility – Robin Diangelo<o:p></o:p></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="verdana" size="2">Good Talk – Mira Jacob<o:p></o:p></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="verdana" size="2">So, you want to talk about race – Ijeoma Olou<o:p></o:p></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="verdana" size="2">Me and white supremacy – Layla F. Saad<o:p></o:p></font></p><br />Besshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13629624341621723911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8516948742778788508.post-42705557812156605092020-05-29T16:01:00.001-07:002020-05-29T16:30:46.532-07:00In this time of great loss...<div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDjLAHRoJGSRA_dI9KyxDy4SV3Ria0qVVo6dlL_v8TppBi09rMRqMnE60eslIzzWSAfM3KgkBThvQXE2bSMiGplcPbneqPted4h5X67P7AfCVsGdT4nY36Ib25Hy4oKZ7mwYPat3lsAWM/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="382" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDjLAHRoJGSRA_dI9KyxDy4SV3Ria0qVVo6dlL_v8TppBi09rMRqMnE60eslIzzWSAfM3KgkBThvQXE2bSMiGplcPbneqPted4h5X67P7AfCVsGdT4nY36Ib25Hy4oKZ7mwYPat3lsAWM/s320/pieta-1499.jpg%2521Portrait.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "roboto condensed"; font-size: 24px; text-align: start;"><br /></span></div><h4 style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><font face="verdana" size="2" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="text-align: start;">"Pieta" Michelangelo<br /></span><span><span>1499, St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican, Italy </span></span>High Renaissance</font></h4><div><font face="verdana" size="2" style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></font></div><div><font face="verdana" size="2" style="font-weight: normal;">Learning to see like an artist can enhance creative solutions to the problems of everyday life, especially during loss or conflict. Looking at examples from art history can sharpen the inherent ability to "see" as humans while unlocking our potential for change.</font></div><div><font face="verdana" size="2" style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></font></div><div><font face="verdana" size="2">For 8 weeks, you'll develop skills for noticing elements in art that engages the senses surrounding loss. I will share rich examples from the art world, simple drawing exercises, creative writing, journaling, and artistic prompts to allow participates to "see" and explore grief differently. Through looking at these images you will find examples of comfort, pain, and inspiration. We will discuss these elements to develop your visual language, perception, and knowledge of art history. Then each week you will have the opportunity to create and share your own reflection while taking away possible inspiration for your own artwork or artist practice.</font></div><div><font face="verdana" size="2" style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></font></div><div><font face="verdana" size="2" style="font-weight: normal;">Send a note to Beth@robinpress.com with your questions or requests and I'll get you signed up.</font></div><div><font face="verdana" size="2" style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></font></div><div><font face="verdana" size="2" style="font-weight: normal;">Please indicate which option you would like to sign up for:</font></div><div><font face="verdana" size="2" style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></font></div><div><font face="verdana" size="2">1. 8 week E-course on your own:</font></div><div><font face="verdana" size="2"><br /></font></div><div><font face="verdana" size="2">At this time, I feel it is important that people have these TOOLS! Pay what you can afford! Seriously, take me up on this... there are great tools, wonderful artwork and history to be discovered. I often charge around $145.00 for this e-course.</font></div><div><font face="verdana" size="2"><br /></font></div><div><font face="verdana" size="2">2. 8 week Zoom course with me:</font></div><div><font face="verdana" size="2"><br /></font></div><div><font face="verdana" size="2">8 weekly one-on-one meetings for about an hour. This is $655.00. I provide content, conversation and coaching. You provide your own snacks, open-mind and heart. Also, during COVID, let me know if you want to add one thoughtful and really supportive friend and I will reduce the price to $500.00 each. I believe grievers need community.</font></div><div><font face="verdana" size="2" style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></font></div><div><br /></div>Besshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13629624341621723911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8516948742778788508.post-76986335878221085582020-03-08T15:49:00.000-07:002020-03-08T15:58:54.392-07:00Where did 2019 go...As you can see the blog in 2019 seemed to drop off the edge of the planet...<br />
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This amazing <span data-dobid="hdw">collaborator</span> and friend<br />
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She loved to travel and was away on an<br />
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She has been a huge loss to her family and the community. </div>
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I miss her smile, laugh, grace and abundant creativity.<br />
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Besshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13629624341621723911noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8516948742778788508.post-54432742234329941772018-06-01T14:41:00.000-07:002018-06-01T14:41:34.523-07:00Thank you Cannon Beach Community!<div style="text-align: center;">
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I want to say thank you to the grievers that came to my workshop.<br />
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The Amazing Meagan & Cara<br />
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The Friends: Sharon, Bev & Ann,<br />
Not Pictured Moe, Marilyn & Taylor<br />
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<span style="font-size: 1rem; text-align: left;">Learning to see like an artist can enhance creative solutions to the problems of everyday life, especially during grief, loss or conflict. Looking at examples from art history can sharpen the inherent ability to “see” as humans while unlocking our potential for change. Participants will develop skills for noticing elements from art that engage the senses and your heart surrounding loss. Learn how to dissect an art piece and create a personalized collage using found images and the tools learned in class. Artist Beth I. Robinson will share rich examples from the art world, simple drawing exercises and artistic prompts to allow avenues for “seeing” and exploring grief differently. </span></div>
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Besshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13629624341621723911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8516948742778788508.post-53774258371922738382017-11-12T19:59:00.000-08:002017-11-12T20:08:55.428-08:00Art Studio Sale!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Besshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13629624341621723911noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8516948742778788508.post-38945219692207246082017-02-27T20:51:00.000-08:002017-02-27T21:20:18.042-08:005 Artist & the Maude Kerns Opening!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; letter-spacing: 0px;">Zoe Cohen, </span><br />
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<span style="color: #4b4f56; font-size: 14px;"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Zoe Cohen</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #4b4f56; font-size: 14px;"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Suma Z. Elan</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #4b4f56; font-size: 14px;"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Rebecca Mannheiner</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;">1910 E. 15th Ave.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;">Eugene, OR 97403</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;">Thank you to Maude Kerns Art Center for this awesome</span></span><br />
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Nancy Frances Cheeseman</div>
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Lynn Ihsen Peterson</div>
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Beth Robinson</div>
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