Picture Book: Angry Monster

“In your anger do not sin”: Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry, and do not give the devil a foothold. Ephesians 4:26

I created a monster in my journal and wrote a little story for it while I was angry. After I shared this artwork with Professor Chang, she encouraged me to make an intact picture book. In order to communicate with my reader, I started to organize this angry experience and rethink this emotion.

This experience created an opportunity for me to become reconciled with my anger. Furthermore, this picture book received a college Honorable Mention award of Nationwide Students’ Picture Book Creation in 2014, which gave me much joy and a sense of accomplishment.

After attending the Jill Freedman narrative therapy workshop in 2017, I realized that I was using the method of Externalization when I created that angry monster. I was very surprised to discover the self-healing ability of humans. It made me more curious about the methods of art therapy.

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