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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 what says they are

school path and their path of

he will necessarily be handicapped by the 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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