Art Therapy Workshop at t2f
We know that life can get overwhelming: grinding through work, balancing household responsibility and maintaining a social life all sometimes feel like a rocket science. If you are exhausted, if you feel uninspired, if you just need to re-center yourself or more importantly, if you’re recovery from unpleasant experiences – first of all, know that you are not alone. And thankfully, with the generous help of T2F, K-town is offering a unique method of healing and therapy – Art Therapy!
A great number of researches conclude that making art is strongly a therapeutic practice. It has been a proven solution to reduce stress, contain anxiety and manage panic attacks, and has hence been practiced as an effective method by therapists, psychiatrists and counselors all over the world. The quality (which is already a highly subjective element in this field) of your art does not matter, as long as you are enjoying the process of making it. Anyone who can make a mark on a paper is qualified to attend.
Again, art is one of the strongest forms of expression and communication. Art therapy hence helps you to let it out on a sheet of paper – what you’re thinking, what do you want things to be, what do you feel like making etc. It opens avenues to self-awareness, which leads to a higher level of empathy and emotional intelligence. In other words, it makes you better equipped to understand your own emotions and of the people around you. Taking the idea forward, since art therapy has the ability to re-center your focus, consequently your physical pain, aggression and irritability are checked.
Farooq Parekh, a responsible citizen of Karachi, who by profession is a trainer and teacher at various different schools in the city, recognizes the practice and wants to help fellow Karachiites get into this healthy habit too. He is an Art Therapy practitioner and conducts art therapy workshops at T2f, and other organisations. He is the founder of Sunflower Mantra, a training platform that has been founded with a purpose to inspire people to be able to attain their goals and lead happy lives. Mr. Farooq Parekh is a proponent of integrating art and soft skills into the curriculum, rather than labeling these crucial skills an ‘extra’ curricular activities. He has also recently acquired training in ‘Horticulture Therapy’ from New York Botanical Garden, USA and in “Creating Arts through movement and dance’ from Segni Mossi’ in Rome, Italy.
So it is clear that bounties abound for attending art therapy sessions. This Saturday, on 19th October 2019, at T2F, Farooq Parekh is giving you opportunity to be a part of it. The session is open to all age groups and backgrounds and inculcates inclusion by practice. Finally, you have a healthy outlet express your feelings, however complicated, be it anger, euphoria, guilt, frustration, sadness, love or any other emotions conceivable. Show up and paint your worries away!
