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Impact of music and drawing for the imaginary | Chantal DESMOULINS | TEDxLimoges


[Applause]
[Music]
do you have children of 6
years or do you have any
memories of when you were six
let me tell you tell a story
story there was once a little
boy who was hiding in a cave
because the village where he lived
had been burned by nasty
dragon his mom was dead in
the fire and his dad was gone
in his cave he was surrounded by
dragons and human bones
he only had the blanket left
left by his dad
one day he hears a star that
call him and ask him for the
to follow
so he leaves his cave
he leaves his blanket and he follows the
canvases on the road he meets a
squirrel a badger and all three
follow the star
when the star goes slowly he walks
gently and when she goes fast he runs
way he also meets the
find his father’s brother who is
hidden behind a house and who
also will help them in their quest
some dragons from the cave
follow
but at a distance they walk all
together and one day he arrives in a
magical landscape it’s beautiful all
shines in this landscape there is a big
tree top of which is hidden a
treasure the child knows he’s going to have to
make up for this treasure
the task is rough the treasure is very
top
of course he could use
the squirrel that can climb easily
to trees but that’s not the idea
it would be cheating it is he who must
catch the treasure
there is another obstacle a tree very
big next a kind of guardians
who watch over the treasure he knows that
the star is going to help him but he does not know
still how
[Music]
and then suddenly they see from this
tree guardian a branch that goes up
climbs dangerously towards the sun and
everything burns
then the snow comes and goes to everything
clean
this is the party the little boy has
found the treasure he has not yet
found his dad but he knows
now that he will succeed his quest
before leaving they look at all
together the desolate landscape but a
green cup goes down from a tree and
the child knows that everything will grow back
before leaving again he will see
one of the dragons and tells him you do not want
not help us and follow us in
our being walking with us and the
dragon accept they leave all
together
guided by the star which is becoming
more beautiful and that leads them to
little boy’s dad at the end the king
dragons himself look at the
reunion of this little boy from his
dad and his uncle then the story
that I just told you this is
that of teddy a little boy of 6 years
Teddy worked with me for 12
weeks at the rate of one sitting of one
hour per week
he simply drew while listening
a music with strong evocative power
he told what he was drawing you
go see his drawings I forgot to
put my slides before you go
see his drawings this is the course of a
hero it was amazing to see the
continuity of its history because
Teddy did not see his drawings or his
history from one session to another and this
during three months
it has all the ingredients of the account is
first has the initial test with the
fire that burns everything then and then
the child who finds himself alone in his
cave without father nor mother after
come the allies who gives him the
force to engage in his quest
the main ally is the star
will follow him throughout his
course and who will lead him to the center of
himself the allier the star is his
interior guide is its bright part
that’s the part you saw in his
story as he makes sure to get down to
the ear
I love these children’s sentences a ski
and his texting when the star is walking
gently he listens to the
part of himself
the one who knows but there are also
opponents
the dragons you observed he
not afraid of them despite their appearance
destructive on the contrary he makes sure
integrate them throughout his story and
in doing so the dragons become
allies that they also help in his
quest
so here too another formula that
I love working with his dragon
he looks at me tells me
Dragons is a bit of a trick
legend he redraws he looks up
but the legends
it’s a little bit too true after
dragons important moment in history
this is the ultimate test that will allow
to heroes to qualify as such
look at this drawing number 7
this drawing makes us think of the story
of jason hill the conquest of the fleece
Golden
the fleece of gold was also at
top of a big tree and the ty she
was guarded by a dragon
but jason did not kill the dragon in one
heroic fight he the andorra thanks to
a filter prepared to help me yes he
gets the golden fleece
but dishonestly by the Russian gold
teddy said he did not want
that his hero uses the squirrel this is
he who must reach the pledge pledge
the success of his quest
the child is also approached
difficult elements
his shadow he is not afraid to express his
conflicts these tensions his will
power until the snow
comes clean everything up so doing it in
this hero and well teddy course
succeeded his quest and the three figures
males are reunited the pope to
the uncle the child so I’m sure
you wonder why there is only
male figures in this county
you say to yourself oh here you are this
a moment we are on a symbolic level
the child needed recipes to get
reconnect with this masculine principle
which he misses so much in his growth
indeed the parents of teddy have
divorced two years ago and the system
of guard makes that he sees very little his
daddy and so he was expressing he was coming
not expressed that he missed his dad
so this is an important step for
him to have managed to put this hair
this path to claim his dad
for 5 psychic growth
another important point for teddy it’s
it
he is advancing he so he shows us the
the importance of helping
children to discover their world
inside
it’s not something useless
it’s something important because
the inner world conceals
qualities of the hidden resources of
treasures to help reveal
to face the real
drawing is a magic medium for
address conflicts so parents
around the drawings were able to speak and
find solutions and strategies
to help teddy in his growth
so if teddy has to go through a phase
learning because the mom has
consulted in addition to these problems so
his daddy divorced he was angry
he was worried he was struggling to get
connect to others and especially he
repeated each situation
stress I’m asked too much it’s
too difficult so the mom look for
solutions to soothe her child and
so that brings us back to this
need of the way we ourselves
take care of our children and
the importance actually as an adult
to help children make sense of
their life
for teddy having done this course and
having been released since at the end he
to go to others he made himself
friends
he was crying – he wanted to participate
to a collective sport
so he will not be identified a
symptom the simple even if he has to
go through a re-education phase
the symptom will not be a dragon
destructive that threatens all his
balanced
it will simply be a point item
weak on which we want we can
find solutions to grow
build the child needs peace
the child and he pays for it when
teachers and parents looking to
detect
from an early age of possible
weaknesses without which says they are
school path and their path of
it will inevitably be handicapped child
and he pays for it when the family
school becomes a place of stress me
I think they’re right that’s
little boy these little girls to get
revolt to rebel
imagine the oppressive tension
when the child is experienced as a
problem at home at school
we have a responsibility as
what is the result of the studies the parents
educators that of helping our children to
grow
if we look at our children as a
problem they will identify with this
problem and will live like a
problem if on the contrary we look at them
as a being in formation with a
potential revealed and on the
trust in their resources
interior
they will trust them with the
want to grow up to build
open up to the world around them then
with Christmas approaching so rich in
symbols I propose to you
ask about the meaning you give
to your lives I propose you to
think and create a space for
peace to give water to your children
do not have the envy to have but that
to be I wish you all in
family talking about Christmas spirit
to share and draw all the
reasons for wonder of your
existences
because as said is said it’s a little
legends all that but it’s a little
true too
[Applause]
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