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What does it mean?
Finding beauty in something created to represent a nightmare.
In plain terms
A nightmare cut from paper looks beautiful.
What can you take from it?
Beauty can exist in dark places.

Where it applies

  • processing fear
  • creating art from trauma
  • reframing thoughts

Putting it to work

  • reframing fear
  • creating art
  • documenting feelings

Questions to consider

  • What fear can you reshape?
  • Where do you find beauty in darkness?

Another view

Not all nightmares become beautiful.

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