Once upon a time, Collins had a bright future. She is very clever. Besides, she likes riding horses very much. She is an excellent female rider. /kloc-participated in the European Championship at the age of 0/6 and won the top ten in continental Europe. But when she was 18 years old, tragedy came.
Collins fell off his horse and suffered serious brain damage. Her father rushed her to the hospital. When she finally woke up, she found that the accident had taken away all her memories and she didn't remember anything. To make matters worse, the accident made Collins insane. In the next twenty years, she will struggle with unsolvable mental problems.
In addition, she suffers from anorexia. In the worst case, she is too thin to move. The hospital fed her with a nasal tube, and even then Collins would try his best to resist. She once described the low tide as follows: "I will try my best to pull the tube out of my nose."
Collins added: "It took three nurses to hold me down, because what little energy and life I had left made me aggressive to anyone who tried to force me to live." This is the lowest point in Collins' life. "I can't stand living in this body."
I don't know when Collins began to express himself through painting. She will spread a large piece of paper on the floor and then start to create art with splashing paint. Bold and vague works help her express her feelings. Collins has no good painting skills and can't describe things or people accurately. But it doesn't seem to matter to her. What she can understand is the pain she feels. These paintings accurately express all the injuries she has experienced.
These artworks will prove to be very good treatments. She explained their value in July 20 19. She said: "In the hospital, painting made me focus on other things, thus alleviating the pain. It set me free. The abstract image I created reflects my feelings and gives me a voice. "
On one occasion, Collins captured a painful experience on paper. She felt as if her throat was caught by barbed wire, so she began to write. In order to convey this terrible illusion of fatal suffocation, she finally created a lifelike work of art, which she didn't know.
Collins left her job to the nurses and doctors who took care of her. The medical team that studied Collins' case thought it was more than just a work of art. In their view, they can see her feelings from this painting. In addition, the gloomy nature of this painting shows that the consultant has always had emotional problems.
When doctors studied Collins' paintings, they found that now they could see what she was doing from her works. Now, she feels that people can understand her, and painting makes her say things that could not be expressed in words. She said: "When I was silent because of pain, it gave me language." "All I have to do is pick up a brush, dip it in some paint and let it go. Thought stopped, and the inner strength of creativity and imagination took me where my conscious mind dared not go. "
There is no clear goal in this process, and there is nothing special about her painting goal. In fact, Collins just let her creativity flow, as if it were created by art itself. Once she finishes a job, she will share it with the nurse. But the hospital staff didn't just sit and admire Collins' art, they thought it was a medicine that could help her recover. As it turns out, painting has greatly improved her health, so her doctor added it to their list of drugs for her.
Indeed, creating works of art has opened a new horizon for Collins. When she feels insecure or depressed, she can turn to painting to deal with it. After experiencing the success of art therapy, she later chose to work and study in the field of health art. During Collins' recovery, she obtained the postgraduate qualification of European culture and literature. She began to study hard for a doctorate, and her doctoral thesis will study the medical use of art, and she herself has become the best research object of this subject.
Later, Collins adapted this paper into a book called Meaning: Art Practice and Transformational Therapy. This paper shows the healing power of art, and how and why it happened. The book was first published on 20 14, and was successful on 20 17. Now it needs to be reprinted.
After completing her doctorate, Collins' passion for art therapy made her a new lecturer. She went to several educational institutions in Britain, France and even Singapore. 2065438+July 2009, she expressed optimism. She said: "Now I am very happy and have a new life that I have created."
Above all, Collins continued to love painting. She paints every day. At the same time, she is writing a new book about her trip. Her new book is expected to be released sometime in 20 19 or 2020. But Collins has bigger ambitions. She said: "I am proud of myself. I want to resume my job as a university lecturer. I want to write more books and continue painting. I want to get better. " Thanks to art, she walked a long way to get here today. She said: "I don't just want to live, I want to thrive."