Love this on many levels. I can totally relate. Had my 4 year old niece and 7 year old nephew over today. Whenever they visit me, I make sure we create something. Whether it's drawing or painting or clay modeling and painting. They know how important creativity for me and enjoy being creative a lot themselves ( it is of course natural for kids ). I was raised on creativity but it was also pushed to the back when I became an adult ( as I was expected to go to Uni, get a job and all that stuff ). Then again, I studied film ( theory ) but you get the point. I'm happy to regain my creative mojo more and more lately.
Expression is the opposite of depression.
Love this and your kids are true artists and marvelous creatures ( creature - creator )
Sounds like we had similar experiences there. Raised on creativity only to be sent out into a world of conformity, also to study film at Uni. It was mostly theory but we did at least have one old film camera we shared between all the students!
What a great insight! Love that. Reminds me of my time in rehab when they would ask us all the time how we were feeling because most of us had lost the ability to express the answer to this question honestly. Let alone creatively! But with practice we became better at it and ultimately less depressed about our the situation we had put ourselves in.
Thanks for the thoughts :)