Publications | Sheila Collins

The Impact of an Art Image on the Art of Grieving

by Sheila Collins | Oct 17, 2024 | Art & Life, Book Excerpts, book promotion, Community, Grieving, Publications, The Art of Grieving, Writing

Most communication, especially for teachers and writers involves finding the right words. As a therapist whose first profession was as a dancer, I often use expressive arts to help people connect with the creative side of themselves and to help process the experiences...

Help Resolve the Grief of Releasing Creative Projects

by Sheila Collins | Oct 10, 2024 | Art & Life, Book Excerpts, book promotion, Community, Duality, Publications, Writing

If your work is in a so called, “creative field” you may already be familiar with the type of loss that I am focusing on today. For writers, performance artists, designers of various types that engage in projects requiring intense dedication and a considerable length...

Transforming Grief and Rage into Courage and Action

by Sheila Collins | Sep 12, 2024 | Art & Life, Book Excerpts, Community, Environment, Gatherings, Good Will Come, Publications, Resilience, Rituals, social justice

It’s been 23 years since four Islamist terrorists, members of al-Qaeda, engaged in coordinated suicide attacks against the United States in 2001. At 8:14 am EDT on that morning, 19 terrorists hijacked four commercial airliners scheduled to travel from the East Coast...

An Art of Grieving Dream Becomes a Reality

by Sheila Collins | Jul 18, 2024 | Art & Life, book promotion, Celebrations, Community, Family, Gatherings, Grieving, Personal Stories, Publications, The Art of Grieving, Women, Girls & the Feminine, Writing

Ever since my new book, The Art of Grieving launched on May 16th magical synchronicities have been occurring. I had mentioned to longtime friend and art gallery owner Lauren Saba that I’d like to return sometime this summer to my former hometown and do a book...

Practicing the Art of Grieving

by Sheila Collins | Jun 27, 2024 | Art & Life, Book Excerpts, book promotion, Celebrations, Community, Dances, Family, Gatherings, Grieving, Personal Stories, Publications

My husband and I woke up in afterglow this morning. With help from members of the InterPlay based troupe SoulPrint Players, we performed to a near sellout audience last night at a small black box theater in Atlanta. Major themes were from my new book, The Art of...

Summer Solstice and the Anticipatory Grief of Climate Change

by Sheila Collins | Jun 20, 2024 | Art & Life, book promotion, Celebrations, Environment, Gatherings, Grieving, Publications, Science, Technology and the Environment, Stillpoint, The Art of Grieving

Our relationship to time and temperature makes the June Summer Solstice date a special one to note In the Northern Hemisphere. Dark, drab winter days are being replaced by more days of bright sunshine and longer daylight hours. As trees bud out and the storms of...

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Learn the Many, Magical Ways Art Transforms Grieving!

(No art skills required.)

Loss is inevitable, yet too often we bury our grief, pretending we're OK when we're not.

In my new book (COMING SOON), I'll share some uncommon notions about grief and how the arts, and art-making, have transformative powers that take us to the heart of the matter.

The Impact of an Art Image on the Art of Grieving

Help Resolve the Grief of Releasing Creative Projects

An Art of Grieving Dream Becomes a Reality

Practicing the Art of Grieving

Summer Solstice and the Anticipatory Grief of Climate Change

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