Beneath the Surface

I’ve been pretty stressed out with school lately and I thought it would be neat if I experience art therapy myself.  I’m more of an arts and crafts person, so instead of doing a painting or a drawing, I designed and created a mask that portrays my emotions. The rough, dark, charcoal-looking, outside layer of the mask represents the hardship that I face daily and the colorful layer underneath represents the good things that I couldn’t see over my problems. By relieving my stress, I was able to realize that behind every adversity there is always something positive. The tear in the mask signifies that we have to look more than just the surface to see the better things beneath.