When I reach about the function of play therapy. The therapy aims to give children or other people who are not good at expressing themselves a freely way to release and expressing whatever they wants during the therapy session.
Play this behavior let them observe a sense of secure. It such as an invisible layer of protection. This part of the guardian is what they need for the most. In order to create a safety zone of expression.
I really inspiring by these kinds of behaviors that could let people gain the support around the external environment.
That also may my personal experience in childhood memory.
Through play, children are able to independently acquire positive emotional values. Similarly, I will also independently seek the so-called sense of security.
“SECRET BASE”
In my childhood I like building up a little area with furniture all the things to gathering a place by my own as a “Base”.
“Secret base” is a type of imaginative play where children create a private, often makeshift, space that serves as their “base” for adventures, plans, or gatherings. This game usually involves constructing the base using available materials like blankets, pillows, furniture, or natural elements like tree branches and rocks when outdoors.
This is the Sense of secure experience by myself. this game playing behavior gives me feel a sense of control and safety.
“SECERT BASE” Collage the sense of safety.
I also to visual this behavior and these feeling as drawing, to show the sense of secure that expressing positive energy for people.
Cognitively, healing is marked by the development of more adaptive thought patterns. This includes reframing negative beliefs, finding meaning in past experiences, and cultivating a sense of self-efficacy. Individuals often demonstrate a clearer understanding of their experiences, weaving narratives that reflect personal growth and resilience. These cognitive changes enable individuals to approach future challenges with greater confidence and optimism.
從認知角度來看，治癒的標誌是更具適應性的思考模式的發展。這包括重塑消極信念、在過去的經驗中尋找意義、培養自我效能感。個人往往能更清楚地理解自己的經歷，編織出反映個人成長和韌性的敘述。這些認知變化使個人能夠以更大的信心和樂觀的態度來應對未來的挑戰。
The world of children is different from that of adults. Their world is innocent and imaginative. The secret base is a world that preserves and protects children’s innocence, where they don’t have to worry about being disturbed or laughed at by adults. They can concentrate on doing what they like and immerse themselves in their own imagination.
Do you want to have such a space?
To visualize this emotional connection, I used paper models to visualize this subtle emotion. Also try using different materials to present this feeling.
To Progress with the idea with insecurity feeling. I researched about why people would like to have their personal space? And asking questions.
Hiding in a space.What this feeling that giving to you?
Having you having this experience before, maybe in your memory in very young age?
Do you want to have such a space?
To following these questions? I looked back with my own experience, an about myself that reflected from the game ‘Secret Base’ that it gives me a sense of creativity. It comes like an spark that push you through imagination to organize your personal space. That provide and construct by your own.Its more like having a layer of protection.
This is which we would called ‘ a sense of secure ‘. People spatially making a space for their own. Such as a way that visualize these kinds of feeling.
For the progression for these part of may research. I want. to make ‘secret Base’ as a part to visualize the feeling of secure.
In the future, I maybe would like to process this part of may research to create a story. To surround the topic to show to a journey of reaching security. Research for more game their also could expressing these emotional connection to visible show the experience also convey this from Playing.
In the image I want to show is, children they are hiding on a closet.
There are many children hiding around. Inside the quilt. Surrounded by countless small spaces. Through their shapes, they show this leisurely and safe atmosphere.
Process to draw
Draw with contract color to show different emotional communication.
The scene shows the child hiding in the closet. The use of black outside shows an uneasy mood. And the people hiding under the covers highlight this emotion.
The black figure represents a threat imagined by the child.
[IN MY SECRET BASE, IN MY IMAGINATION]
Watercolour, Chinese Ink on Paper
300mm x 400mm
This piece shows a kind of emotion that a child feels when he is hiding. Visualize their rich imagination of the external environment. By playing such games, one can hide oneself and gain a real sense of security.
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