{"id":709,"date":"2013-11-14T19:14:15","date_gmt":"2013-11-14T18:14:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artherapievirtus.org\/Victimes-et-Auteurs\/?p=709"},"modified":"2013-11-14T19:39:54","modified_gmt":"2013-11-14T18:39:54","slug":"veterans-use-art-therapy-to-battle-ptsd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artherapievirtus.org\/Victimes-et-Auteurs\/veterans-use-art-therapy-to-battle-ptsd\/","title":{"rendered":"Veterans use art therapy to battle PTSD"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Logo-INDYSTAR.Com\"<\/a>Nov. 10, 2013
\nWritten by Michael Anthony Adams
\nIn an attempt to thwart the damaging, psychological effects of war, veterans are turning to art as a form of therapy.
\nOver the weekend, arts organizations, such as the Indianapolis Art Center, along with VonnegutFest, hosted events that focused on community engagement and creative expression for veterans.
\n\u201cWhen you come back from deployment, a lot of times there\u2019s a lot things rattling around in your head,\u201d said Robin Hall, who recently retired from the Army National Guard after 33 years .
\nHall says that when grief overtakes her, she concentrates on her sketches to block everything else out.<\/p>\n

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\u201cSometimes, you can draw things and you don\u2019t really realize what you\u2019re drawing. But once you step back and see what\u2019ve you\u2019ve drawn, you can see something in it that reminds you: \u2018OK, yeah, I\u2019ve been going through this grief, and this picture actually depicts something about that grief.\u2019\u201d
\nBut there\u2019s a stark difference between coping and erasure, says Tim O\u2019Brien, a Vietnam veteran and award-winning author of \u201cThe Things They Carried.\u201d
\nIn an interview, O\u2019Brien said the effects of war cannot be cured, and believes that it\u2019s a dangerous mythology to think it can be.
\n\u201cOnce you go to a war, it\u2019s like cancer: you don\u2019t ever get over it,\u201d said O\u2019Brien. \u201cIt\u2019s always with you. It\u2019ll be with you until the day you die.\u201d
\nOn Saturday, O\u2019Brien took part in a panel discussion at the Herron School of Art and Design as part of the Spirit and Place Festival\u2019s Veterans Reclaim Armistice Day event.<\/div>\n
The panel, moderated by NPR\u2019s Steve Inskeep, invited veterans Jason Poudrier and Hugo Patrocinio to confront the challenges facing vets by sharing their methods of healing through the arts.
\nBenjamin Patton, grandson of Gen. George S. Patton Jr., presented a project produced by a former soldier who participated in his \u201cI Was There\u201d filmmaking workshop.
\n\u201cIn wars past, and in generations past, we asked vets to turn it off when they came home,\u201d said Ben Shine, Director of Communications at the Indianapolis Art Center. \u201cWe expected them just to be able to turn off what happened to them and get back to life, and I think it shows that that doesn\u2019t work. We need to open up pathways for them for healing and learning and to deal with what we asked them to go do.\u201d
\nThe Art Center was one of 26 organizations in the country to honor Veteran\u2019s Glassblowing Day. In its inaugural year, the initiative aims to teach glassblowing to veterans as a way of helping them.
\nHall was one of the veterans who learned the glass forming technique.
\n\u201cA lot of times when you\u2019re hurt by something that you\u2019ve seen in combat, you hide those things in the back of your head, in your self-conscious, and you don\u2019t want to deal with them,\u201d said Hall. \u201cI think through art some of that stuff comes out in what you\u2019re doing\u2014whether it be painting, drawing, glassblowing, or whatever.\u201d
\nContact Star reporter Michael Anthony Adams at (317) 444-6123 and follow him on Twitter: @MichaelAdams317.<\/strong><\/div>\n
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Dans une tentative de contrecarrer l’endommagement des effets psychologiques de guerre, les v\u00e9t\u00e9rans se tournent vers l’art comme forme de th\u00e9rapie.<\/div>\n
Pendant le week-end, des organisations d’arts, comme le Centre d’Art d’Indianapolis, avec VonnegutFest, les \u00e9v\u00e9nements accueillis qui se sont concentr\u00e9s sur l’engagement communautaire et l’expression cr\u00e9ative pour des v\u00e9t\u00e9rans.<\/div>\n
\u00ab\u00a0Quand vous revenez de d\u00e9ploiement, pendant longtemps il y a beaucoup de choses qui font du bruit autour dans votre t\u00eate,\u00a0\u00bb a dit Robin Hall, qui est r\u00e9cemment parti en retraite de la Garde nationale D’arm\u00e9e apr\u00e8s 33 ans.<\/div>\n
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\u00ab\u00a0Parfois, vous pouvez dessiner des choses et vous ne r\u00e9alisez pas vraiment ce que vous dessinez. Mais une fois que vous reculez et voyez ce que vous avez dessin\u00e9, vous pouvez y voir quelque chose qui vous rappelle : \u00ab\u00a0bien, ouais, j’ai pass\u00e9 ce chagrin et cette image d\u00e9peint en r\u00e9alit\u00e9 quelque chose de ce chagrin.\u00a0\u00bb<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Nov. 10, 2013 Written by Michael Anthony Adams In an attempt to thwart the damaging, psychological effects of war, veterans are turning to art as a form of therapy. Over the weekend, arts organizations, such as the Indianapolis Art Center, along with VonnegutFest, hosted events that focused on community engagement and creative expression for veterans.… <\/p>\n

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