I found this art therapy exercise on YouTube via a channel called "IABET- Consciousness Through Art." In combination with my personal therapist I started creating a series of similar art using this or similar methods.
You can locate the video here: youtu.be/TcGPc80f2VM
I attempted this in the spring when I had been struggling a great deal with my submissive identity and its seeming incongruency with certain core spiritual values and decided to try and use this method to understand both how I felt about and interpreted Dominance, as well as what I felt a Dominant was to me. This was the end result of my little jerry-rigging experiment. Once again it was very awkward, but after completing this piece I felt relieved and comforted in a way I hadn't for a very long time. I'm also going to post one for submissive/submission.
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Hello subconscious emotional manifestation of how I interpret Dominant/Dominance!
- [feelings of smiles and laughter]
What should I call you?
- I have no name.
Why are you here?
- I bring peace.
Do you have something to teach me?
- Balance.
Hmnn I thought you were gonna say obedience...
- Obedience is a tool. Balance is the objective.
Okay, why balance?
- [smile] In time you'll understand.
...Is there anything else I need to know or that you need to tell me?
-Breathe. It's okay to cry.
Alright....What do you see?
- [Laughter] Those secrets are mine to keep curious one.
.... is there something you see that isn't a secret and you can tell me?
- What is the function of a door?
Uh... It's a temporary boundary designed to mimic a wall?
- ...
When it's open it's an entrance. When it's closed it's a wall.... Or maybe it's an entrance even when it's closed, you just have to open it?
- ...
After knocking and asking first of course!
- [smile]...
Uh huh, moving on... What is your purpose?
- I serve no purpose, I am. That is enough.
( To myself: I have no clue what that means)
So... What would happen if your door was open?
- I would know and you would see.
What would I see?
- I cannot tell you. [An image of wisteria keeps popping into my brain]
What would you know?
All that I have to teach and all that I have to learn. A door is a threshold. When you cross it you change.
Makes sense, what kind of change?
- The endless kind. The beautiful kind.
Okay, what does Dominance mean to you?
- Growth, change, and evolution. It means finding your strength in the bending and fluid...
Hmn.... What does submission mean to you?
- Everything. It's a symbol like this drawing. It's a manifestation of many meanings and changes. Submission is your will.
Do you have any questions for me?
- Why?
I suppose I'm just being curious again... This is interesting.
-You aren't ready to answer them now. But ask again some day.
You have a key on your face... What does it mean?
- Purple Heart. Wood. It means you. It means submissive.
Wait, I thought keys were a "Dommy" thing?
- Depends on which side of the door you are standing on, doesn't it?
Hmnn someone should tell them that.
- ...
Anyways... Is there anything else you have to say to me?
- Breathe. Keep going. Keep sowing. And let go of convention, it won't serve you and so it won't serve me.
Thank you.
- [smile]
Thoughts:
I don't even know where to begin, but I don't feel super uncomfortable like last time. I do feel nosey though... And amused. This seems like such a silly way to understand yourself better but I guess my curiosity does tend to push for answers at times and this seems more constructive than wallowing in confusion and turmoil. I wonder what others will think of this?
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