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Beyond Mask Expressions
About Beyond Mask Expressions
Beyond Mask Expressions, a not-for-profit company was founded in 2009 by Dr. Margaret “Muggy Do” Dickinson (Dr.
Do) President, Dr. Sirkku M. Sky Hiltunen
(Dr. Sky) Executive Vice President, and Mr. Gilbert Dickinson, Secretary to provide the following services.
Transpersonal and other training in the fields of Mental
Retardation, Behavior Management, Creative Arts Therapies,
and the Creative Arts; Creations and production of auditory visual and inspirational
art products for sale; and Beyond Mask Records.
Mission
Beyond Mask Expressions name comes from the word “transpersonal” (trans
= beyond & persona = mask), which refers to going “beyond
ego boundaries.” Both Dr. Sky and Dr. Do have dedicated
their lives to the services of adults with intellectual and
developmental disabilities, developmental, and multiple disabilities.
It is their philosophical/transpersonal belief that adults
with intellectual and developmental disabilities are in fact our spiritual teachers.
Dr. Sky's story, written in Finland in 1976, was originally
called “Mentally
Retarded — Born
from Good Angel's Tears” and is now called “Born
From Good Angel's Tears” it captures the philosophy and
mission of their work. She has since dramatized this story
for Therapeutic Noh Theater®.
Beyond Mask Expressions is offering for sale an inspirational “Good
Angel's Tear” poster of the appliqué she
created in Finland in 1976. In her lectures in Finland in 1976-1977,
Dr. Do often stated that “the
only difference between so called normal people and people
with handicaps is that the so called normal persons' handicaps
are not visible.” This statement Dr. Sky made
into an appliqué. An inspiration poster of this
appliqué is available for sale by Beyond Mask Expressions. The Arts Division
also produce and create arts products such
as dvds, cd's, paintings, masks, collages, T-shirts, etc. for sale.
The Training Division will offer training in the fields of
the Creative Arts Therapies, Mask Making, Meditative Vail Painting,
and Linked Collage Making. Other training topics include: The
Transpersonal History of Mental Retardation; The Role and Impact
of Staff Perceptions and Attitudes on Active Treatment; Preventive
Behavioral Management with Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities;
and Interpreting and Identifying Messages in the Maladaptive
Behaviors.
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