Step-by-Step Instructions
This creative processing activity guides groups through a meaningful journey of transformation and insight. What begins as a simple piece of paper becomes, through Crumpled, a powerful tool for processing difficult experiences. Using artistic expression as a unique debriefing activity, participants discover how the physical transformation of their concerns creates new perspectives and understanding.
Crumpled – Creative Processing Activity
- Distribute a sheet of paper and pen to each person in your group.
- Invite each person to focus on a particular experience that frustrates them, makes them angry or causes them concern.
- In as few words as possible, ask each person to write this experience on their paper.
- When ready, ask everyone to crumple the sheet of paper into a ball.
- Immediately, or at a later point, ask each person to open the crumpled paper and flatten it as much as possible.
- Using whatever pens, markers and/or craft materials you have available, ask each person to transform their paper into something new, eg add a doodle, colour it in, fold it into something, etc.
- When ready, invite one or more members of your group to share what they created.
- Invite your group to reflect on the process of reframing their experience.
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