EBRU AND THERAPY
I found an opprtunity to combine psychology and Ebru ( marbling) three years ago in İstanbul Neuro-psychiatry hospital NP. I'm working with my patients and I still have the first day excitement.
Before evaluating a patient's works I am primarily raiting the participation of his or her to activity, ability to conform to group activities, active participation to work without getting bored and finally comparing their first ebru with last one which is made by patients before just having been discharged from hospital.
I'm urging my patients to use materials spontaneously and freely in order to expres their inner world and enable to use their creativity ans standing aside. But Iam going to asist them when have being forced. They are being pleased when they derived the ebru to papers and keeping it in their hands which is also approved by others.
A lot of patients give the self made ebrus to their children and wivws, maybe this is a first for them to give a self made product as a gift, this also makes them happy.I am thinking that the theraphy which is made by ebru has continuity and this is also important for the efficacy of theraphy.
Our repertoir about Psychiatry and art are unfortunately consisted from foreign work.Our knowledge related to this topic will only be limited to publication of foreign works which have been deriven from studies these were done with foreign patients unless foundation of art theraphy center in our country.
Therapatic Function of Ebru:
Ebru's relaxation fealture arise from totally natural material usage those are water, ochres, branch of rose, a resin that is taken from thorn of wild liquorice, bile of cow and horse hair.
Throughout moving water spread positive ions, especially water makes positive impact on people. Everybody feel himself or herself comfortable and cool while wathing a sea or standing in a riverside.
First of all Ebru teaches being patient and then developing it.Lack of full control in an ebru making session especially helps an obssessive person to accept "acceptance of realized things"
An Ebru maker can expres instant feelings and thoughts with different pattern and colour and can get a new inner vision about himself or herself. When body consantrate on water and movement of colour release his or her stres and easily spend time. Thinking of bad things is an impossible thing for a Ebru maker.Because ebru is not static, there is a move, the colours and patterns those are take place on the water constantly change.
Playing game is a need for a humanbeing Ebru gives an adult who almost has forgotten his or her childhood, an opportunity to play with colours and water. It is not important to make an ebru that has got and an artistic value but it is important that person harmonize his or her feeling and body in that process and release his or her stress and anxiety.To produce and to be appreciated for production, increases human beings self confidence.
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