On an art expedition I take parents with children 5+ and teenagers. Why? The experience of overcoming and testing oneself in an environment different from the usual is the most valuable of all words and parental admonition. At home you can turn on the ignore, avoid parents, take revenge on them in order to push through your desires. This is not profitable on an art expedition! Why? “There’s no escape from a submarine!” Story 1. Girl, 14 years old, difficult teenager. She spends more time in the director's office than in the classroom during lessons. The protest against this trip, hatred of me, who “dragged” my mother along with her on this trip, was obvious. Three days before climbing Mount Kazgurt, she sparkled her eyes in my direction and didn’t talk to my mother. We slowly climb the mountain. Looking back, you can see the beginning of the path. The road along which we were brought to the foot of the mountain is like a hair. And nearby, animals the size of a pinhead are grazing. “I won’t go any further!” - the girl said categorically and sat down on a stone. Mom tried to persuade her. To no avail. “Okay,” I turned to her. - You can go back to where we started our journey. You will return, but no one is waiting for you there! There is no one and nothing there anymore. And they are waiting for you and us ahead, but to do this you need to cross the top. The girl was silent for several minutes, and then stood up and walked forward, keeping a distance of ten steps between herself and us. She walked first, stopped, waiting for us, and again walked ahead. Returning home, she asked her mother to find her tutors in basic subjects. She studied all summer to successfully complete 9th grade. She entered college, then college. The poems that became the meaning of the ordeal were Draw to see the path. Crawl if you can’t fly. Swim so as not to drown. Talk to someone who knows what the essence is. Story 2 Boy 6 years old. His family has enough money and opportunities to make his life easy and carefree. “I don’t want to walk, call me a taxi,” he raged halfway through the journey, turning to his mother. “I never walk at home!” I even go to kindergarten and the store by car! I won't go, I want a taxi! - he shouted, sobbing. Mom was at a loss, trying to persuade him to be patient. She felt embarrassed in front of everyone. “You’re tired, I understand!” But the fact is that neither a taxi nor another car will come here. There is no road. And the phones don't work here. “No one can fulfill your wish,” I said and fell silent. “Let’s go forward, we will cross the top, and on the other side there is a wide road, cars are waiting for us at the foot of the mountain, you will see them.” There’s no other way,” I continued after a long pause. The boy wiped his tears, sighed and went with everyone. He no longer asked for a taxi, he, like the other guys, withstood this test. Story 3 “My child is tired,” says the mother, barely catching her breath. And the child jumps over the pebbles and rejoices. “My child is thirsty,” the mother calls out to us all. And the child answers: “No, I don’t want to!” We make a halt and deal with the situation. The mother, like a teenager with protest behavior, ignored all the instructions. She didn’t take water with her, but took books, toys, paints, drawing paper and three pairs of changes of underwear for her son. We helped her. They divided the load among themselves, gave her something to drink, and freed her from caring for the child during the journey. In the evening, in a conversation with her, she realized that she behaved in the same way in the family with her husband, and at work with her boss. Her conclusion: “We need to grow up.” "! Meditative drawing techniques and creating energy paintings are included in the online course. A selection of articles on art therapy© All rights reserved. Reprinting an article or fragment is possible only with a link to this site and attribution.