chelsea (they/them)

I remember when we were allowed back into the hospital, once COVID precautions and protocols were in place and it was deemed safe enough for us to interact with patients again. What a surreal, sad time that was. I was able to return to doing bedside work with folks on the hemodialysis and palliative care units, which I loved dearly, but walking past the Healing Arts Studio every time I was there broke my heart. It was one of very few places in that hospital that truly felt joyful and...

Tell me why the Hakuna Matata song came into my head when I typed in that title? Specifically, this part: Let's run with it. When I was a young warthog, in my Art Therapy student days, I was introduced to the concept of an open studio. My school, Kutenai Art Therapy Institute in Nelson, BC, which I attended as a distance student, hosted one on a weekly basis at the time that I began the program. That was in 2019, in the before times. Basically, this meant that once a week they would open...