Up: [[Emotions]] Course: Art and Emotions with Sue Barclay, DEI Created: 2023-10-28 Updated: 2026-01-19 - Fear is focused on the present moment. It helps you to access your instincts, and pay attention to your environment. Questions to ask yourself are, - What am I sensing? - What action should be taken? If the fear is anticipated, [[Anxiety]] helps with planning and preparation. If the fear is dangerous, panic kicks in and prompts the fight, flight, or freeze instincts. - [[An Analogy for the Relationship Between Fear and Anger]] #### Reflection Questions 1. Think about situations where I have felt calm, intuitive, graceful, and grounded. What was it about these situations that kept my fear soft and free-flowing? 2. Now think about situations where I have felt restless, suspicious, and ungrounded. What was it about these situations that keep my fear more activated? > [!user] Karla McLaren, *Dynamic Emotional Integration Workbook* ____ In the Art and Emotions course, we drew our fear with our non-dominant hand for 2 minutes, listened to Sue talk about the meaning and gifts of fear, then drew our fear again for 2 minutes ![[Fear before and after my art.webp]] The second fear piece is more grounded, more at ease. The one on the left is a balloon!