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Thank You, Belleville, ON 🎅 🎄 ❤️

Merry Christmas, everyone! I want to express my gratitude to the families of Belleville, Ontario, for entrusting me with their children's education and safety during my training as a developmental services worker. I am seeking a new role and would appreciate your support. If you hear of any opportunities or just want to catch up, please send me a message or comment below. I'd love to reconnect.  I'm seeking positions including: Residential Counselor  Educational Assistant  Case Manager  Activities Coordinator  Arts Instructor 
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Art Therapy Invitation: Wall and Garden

 

Art Therapy & The Aesthetics of TOOL

I was an angsty teenage boy when I heard my true calling in life. I look back fondly on these years because I tried on several different identities in search of an authentic sense of self. It was a time in my life when I had fun exploring my artistic side, and one artistic experience stands above the rest during this emotionally turbulent time. I watched a music video for a song written by a band I knew very little about. That song was called ‘Prison Sex,’ and the band was called TOOL. At this point in my development, I had no idea of the impact this artistic experience would have on me. This bizarre music video for a song on an album released in 1993 demonstrates the ideas of Aristotle, a man who first wrote about this key artistic concept many centuries ago. The hidden wisdom in this eerie stop-motion video would have a substantial positive impact on the trajectory of my life. The following essay breaks down this crucial, transformative aesthetic experience using the tenets from an u...