THE JOURNAL

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The Journal is a collection of practical insights, personal experiences, and relevant research on the expressive arts and faith-based trauma care from our team.

Here you’ll find resources to help you better understand the expressive arts in practice, trauma, and ways that communities can engage survivors of trauma around us.

Field Notes, Survivor Story, The Expressive Arts, Safe Space Rebecca Shults Field Notes, Survivor Story, The Expressive Arts, Safe Space Rebecca Shults

FROM SONG TO STORY

Here at Healing Art Studios, the process is more valuable than the final product. Beautiful art may be the outcome of one of our sessions, which is great, but what happens before getting to the final art piece is worth more to us.

In this video (25 minutes) I’ll walk you through the method that I use when leading a songwriting session. As I describe several different live projects we’ve done with different audiences, pay attention to the aspects that are always included, (rhythm, structure, co-creation) and emphasis on the content each individual contributes, as well as their process in finding those revelations. I would love to hear your feedback in a comment or email, and look forward to doing another live song-writing event in 2026.

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