Paint Release is an interactive form of art therapy that uses a canvas to capture trapped energies. Mental/emotional blocks are transferred from the psyche into a unique painting during a safe, comfortable one-on-one session where I mix/fling/chuck paint and shake/stomp/slap the canvas. Releasees keep the painting afterward as a symbol of what they freed.

An anonymous excerpt from the one-on-one for this release:

“There’s a battle of voices in my head. I get wrapped up in them for months until I reach a breaking point of realization. They dominated me during quarantine. They were inescapable at night. I felt an energy in the room… I swear something was there. It made me paranoid and scared. I went to bed early every night to escape. I’d stare at the ceiling and beat myself up for being afraid. A different, critical voice liked to cut in and say, “if you keep running away, you’re never going to enter the flow state and realize your dreams.” The sensation didn’t end until a dark figure showed up at the foot of the bed and tried to overtake me. I woke up screaming. It was the most powerful fear I’ve ever experienced.

After that night, it became clear: I was in an emotionally abusive relationship with myself. I designed a toxic belief system and perceived it as truth. My mind reaffirmed I was crazy and out of control. I’m much gentler with myself now. I also started doing inner child work to identify the root cause.”