Natural grief is best conceptualized as a rollercoaster of emotion the body automatically boards following a loss.  Losses include strong feelings of sadness, anger and anxiety.  We mourn the loss of someone, something, an ideal or a dream, by depressing over the loss of joy, closeness and future potential.  We anxiously muse, or bargain, about how this loss will effect our living, and the unfairness and incredulity of our experience.  We anger about the imposition and injustice of the loss.  Healthy grieving involves recurrent experiencing of these and other emotions in a non-linear, overt and covert manner.  The body and mind will automatically take on this work with losses of subjective significance.  

Artistic Expression, as well as therapy, can help navigate this chaotic, painful and often frustrating journey.