Also serving the communities of De Luz, Rainbow, Camp Pendleton, Pala and Pauma
Also serving the communities of De Luz, Rainbow, Camp Pendleton, Pala and Pauma
Marines paint canvases during a Art 4 Healing class at Camp Pendleton's Behavioral and Deployment Health center, Oct. 17. The program is designed to support emotional healing through are and creative expression for those living with pain, grief, fear or stress.
The Marines entered the room reluctantly when they decided to attend an art class to help “express their emotions with color,” but after an hour and a half with Laurie Zagon, the 13 students left the room confident and full of radiant smiles.
“Color gives me a way to say the things that I just don’t have the words for,” said Lane Cpl. J. Contreras, a mortarman with 1st Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, and first-time student of Art 4 Healing. “You just… paint what you feel.”
Art 4 Healing is a program designed to support emotional healing through art and creative expression for those living with...
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