{"id":2404,"date":"2020-10-09T17:41:49","date_gmt":"2020-10-09T14:41:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thegoodenoughstudio.com\/?p=2404"},"modified":"2021-05-30T12:12:20","modified_gmt":"2021-05-30T09:12:20","slug":"the-experience-of-permission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thegoodenoughstudio.com\/the-experience-of-permission\/","title":{"rendered":"The experience of permission"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The studio as a safe place represents an ongoing and deeply felt experience of permission.<\/span><\/h3>\n

What is the experience of permission?<\/span>
\nWhat I mean by this is an emotional experience that we are <\/span>hopefully fortunate to get from a significant other, usually a parent, <\/span>who sees us as we are, acknowledges us, and accepts us and loves us <\/span>as we truly are. It is a sincere intention from someone to allow another <\/span>to just be. <\/span><\/p>\n

The experience of permission is as significant as the air we <\/span>breathe in parenting, education, and therapy. It is often the space that <\/span>enables the moments of deepest development and transformation to <\/span>occur.<\/span><\/p>\n

Permission offers a judgment-free experience which does not carry <\/span>expectations for change and accommodation. On the contrary, <\/span>permission does not depend on anything expected or pre-determined.<\/span>
\nWhoever we are is fine; this is what we should naturally be. Permission <\/span>opens the broadest potential of the individual in others\u2019 eyes, <\/span>resonating with their secret hopes and wishes. The feelings that <\/span>flourish in the light of this acceptance are those of empowerment, <\/span>hope, well-being, gentleness, empathy, and self-acceptance, while <\/span>perfectionism and anxiety dwindle.<\/span>
\nThus, more kindness, compassion, and softness toward others are <\/span>naturally revealed and nurtured. All these will be internalized as an <\/span>encouraging inner voice, which will reflect the person\u2019s strengths, <\/span>optimism, and abilities back to them throughout their life.<\/span><\/p>\n

Life in the open studio, along with the way it is organized and how <\/span>its materials are presented, are concrete expressions of permission. <\/span>The natural variety and different qualities present are perceived <\/span>through all the senses and communicate the permission to be.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\nIn the studio, the therapist is the one who perceives us as we create, <\/span>act, and talk. She or he is someone else focusing on us, serving as a <\/span>true reflection of ourselves as we perceive ourselves or as we would <\/span>like to be perceived. It is a deep experience of acceptance and approval <\/span>for our very being, as thus we feel loved and present in others\u2019 eyes as <\/span>well. Just as important is that the therapist grant herself permission, as <\/span>a teacher and therapist, and learn from the language of materials, <\/span>allowing herself to not know, to observe, to wonder, to be, and not to <\/span>control. The therapist learns together with others what is suitable and <\/span>what works. As a therapist in the open studio, I also give permission <\/span>to myself to be within the present and evolving life.<\/span><\/p>\n

Without permission, there is no inspiration; permission <\/span>opens a path for inspiration<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n
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