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Magic: The Art Therapy

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It's raining Beebles! When times are tough, it's good to have an outlet. As it so happens, times have been pretty tough recently (hence the temporary blog hiatus) so I know this firsthand. Still, I didn't realize the truth of it until one of my relatives asked me what my outlet was. After a moment's thought, I realized I had indeed developed a renewed passion since the troubles began: arts and crafts.  Along with teaching myself to crochet and dabbling in doilies (blogs to come!), my first defense was in the form of art.  In the manner of true art therapy, I took to drawing, sketching and coloring like I hadn't done in weeks.  Blub blub, blub blub. One of my favorite pastimes has always been creating art from scratch, usually featuring fictional characters of my own design. However, sometimes even thinking of what to doodle can be taxing. Since this was the case for me, I used some of my brother's Magic the Gathering cards to, in essence, mak