Deborah said it was a Gift From the Universe in discovering Touch Drawing. I feel like I’ve received this to be able to share Touch Drawing out further! It is a fascinating technique that centers around the core of your Being and is expressed through a series of images that flow out of your hands. It is somatic – a felt sense, art or a picture is a byproduct.

Self Exploration, Therapy, Individual and Community

The above are all words that can describe Deborah’s work.

• It isn’t a therapy, but it can be used by therapists
• It can be facilitated one : one, in a group or be a solo exploration
• It can be embraced by anyone, not just artists

Touch Drawing can stand alone as an art and increase the depth that an artist can reach, and yet she has many stories of people with challenges who use it to express and open doors of insight. The magic isn’t in the perfection of the drawing, but in the process of creating and she walked us through a description of what that would look like… the power is in the series of drawings.

The applications are so diverse… we talked about:

• corporate use for hospital administrators or those in health care
• health challenges: physical, mental / emotional… like autism, Parkinson’s, depression, grief
• exploring concepts like nature, lectures and music

Deborah’s mandate is to share the technique and allow it to grow and live through the creative expressions of others. Although she’s written a Facilitator Workbook, there is no ‘teacher certification’ process that she requires. We compared it to parenting and her Center for Touch Drawing to be just that – a Center where people can gather and compare, share and celebrate.

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