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I Do Art Therapy With Incarcerated Individuals | Denver

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0:00A: Uh, I do art therapy with incarcerated individuals.

0:03B: Wow, hold on, hold on, we found the one, we found it. So listen, art therapy with incarcerated

0:09A: individuals,

0:10B: what does that look like?

0:11A: Um, so the practice of making art, uh, is a top-down instead of, uh, it’s a bottom-up instead of top-down. Have you made art?

0:21B: I think this is my art.

0:23A: Okay, and how does it feel?

0:25B: Man, it feels amazing. I get to talk to amazing people like you. Yeah, I mean, I get to be around amazing people, have a great time, and get paid sometimes.

0:33A: Not all

0:33B: the

0:34A: time. What makes it feel amazing?

0:36B: Seeing other people meet, have a great time. Really, it’s kind of a little selfish, honestly, because I think like, man, I’d be like, I thought in my mind of a thing and now everybody’s living in it.

0:49A: How is that selfish? You’ve put something into the world that didn’t used to exist before. I love it.

0:55B: I love it.

0:55A: Without you, it wouldn’t

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