Expressive Arts Carnival Activity No. 10

5 April 2011 | By Paul | | Comments (4)

Welcome to Activity No. 10 of the Expressive Arts Carnival for the month of April 2011. Thank you to all who participate and a special welcome if you are new!

This month's theme:

Through drawing, painting, photography or any other visual means, create an image representing your relationship with "safety." Some ideas you may want to explore are what safety means to you, how you struggle with safety, what are your internal or external safe places, and more. With your entry, please also include a couple of sentences saying what the process was like for you which will accompany your art.


Entries are due by Monday April 25, 2011.

You may also feel free to send me a link to a page hosted on your own site (or blog), if you have one. It is important to repeat that nobody is required to have a website in order to participate.

The Carnival will be published on the afternoon of April 26, 2011.

To submit an entry use this link to e-mail: paul@mindparts.org

Please use "EXPRESSIVE ARTS" in the subject heading to help me keep track of submissions. Every submission will receive an acknowledgement of receipt. If you do not receive one within a day or two, then please follow up with me.

The Expressive Arts Carnival was founded to to bring survivors of abuse together through expressive arts activities. On the Carnival's home page you can find links to all activity announcements and Carnival publications. Activities are posted at the beginning of every month and submissions are open for approximately 3 weeks. The Carnival will be posted shortly after submissions are closed.

If you have questions or need clarifications, direct them to me by e-mail or ask in the comments here.

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4 Comments


castorgirl said:

Hi Paul,

Can I just confirm that there is no expectation that our relationship with the word "safety" will be a positive one?

Kind regards,
CG

April 6, 2011 3:24 AM | Reply
Paul Author Profile Page replied to castorgirl:

Yes, CG, correct. There is no expectation that the relationship to safey is positive.

April 6, 2011 8:13 AM | Reply
tai0316 said:

Hi Paul,

I love the idea for this activity. Since I just tried my hand at this once before I want to make sure I understand the boundaries. Like CG, I was thinking about safety not always being "positive" but I also realize that others will be looking at this and I don't want to cross lines. Wow, I'm rambling! My question is: what kind of images should be kept out? What would be considered safe and respectful for everyone else? Just so I know. Thanks Paul.

April 11, 2011 11:33 PM | Reply
Paul Author Profile Page replied to tai0316:

Tai, Good question. I have not had to decline any past submission ever, if that helps, and if you look back at all the past Carnivals you can see what people have contributed. It's hard to say what the boundaries are. If you feel comfortable putting it on your blog, it's probably perfectly fine here.

April 12, 2011 9:32 AM | Reply

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