What’s the Big Deal About Space?

Can I tell you about the first creative space I set up as an art therapy student? It was at an international preschool which had tactile areas to stimulate the children’s senses along with open spaces for exploration. My professor instructed me to create a blank white space within all that busy-ness to conduct children’s art therapy sessions in. I hung long white curtains to form a tiny rectangle “room”.Nestled by a wide window in the corner of the preschool, I tucked a wee children’s table, stools and art materials into the cozy space. Immediately, curious children began poking their sweet small faces in between the curtain openings referring to it as “The Cloud”. “The Cloud” became a sought out place of peace and quiet in the preschool. Not only for the children, but for teachers, students,and cleaning staff too! I learned that each one of us needs spaces of solitude in our loud and busy world. While “The Cloud” was a seemingly simple physical space made from a few white curtains, it provided a vital key that I want to pass to you now. Are you ready? Silence and solitude give you access to your potential-filled inner world where your Creative Intelligence resides. Only from this silent vastness within can you sense and imagine something new to come through you.