{"id":3592,"date":"2015-12-14T09:33:34","date_gmt":"2015-12-14T17:33:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.touchalifekids.org\/?p=3592"},"modified":"2015-12-14T09:33:34","modified_gmt":"2015-12-14T17:33:34","slug":"first-art-healing-sessions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/touchalifekids.org\/first-art-healing-sessions\/","title":{"rendered":"First Art Healing Sessions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The eleven boys who joined the Touch A Life family in October and November had their very first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.touchalifekids.org\/arthealing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Art Healing<\/a> session at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.touchalifekids.org\/carecenter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Care Center<\/a> this past week. Kwame, our Ghana Art Center Director, asked them to draw scenes from their days spent fishing on Lake Volta. This first step of healing helps to identify fears and learn to face them through creative expression.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3594\" src=\"https:\/\/www.touchalifekids.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_0620-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0620\" width=\"750\" height=\"563\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.touchalifekids.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_0630.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3595\" src=\"https:\/\/www.touchalifekids.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_0630-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0630\" width=\"750\" height=\"563\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.touchalifekids.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_0687.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3596\" src=\"https:\/\/www.touchalifekids.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_0687-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0687\" width=\"750\" height=\"1000\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.touchalifekids.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_0690.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3597\" src=\"https:\/\/www.touchalifekids.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_0690-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0690\" width=\"750\" height=\"1000\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.touchalifekids.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_0708.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.touchalifekids.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_0708-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0708\" width=\"750\" height=\"1000\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Our older boys have been learning a simple method for drawing a self portrait. 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Their drawing skills have really improved over the past year, as well!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.touchalifekids.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_0610.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3593\" src=\"https:\/\/www.touchalifekids.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_0610-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0610\" width=\"750\" height=\"563\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.touchalifekids.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_0722.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3601\" src=\"https:\/\/www.touchalifekids.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_0722-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0722\" width=\"750\" height=\"1000\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The eleven boys who joined the Touch A Life family in October and November had their very first Art Healing session at the Care Center this past week. 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