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Each Wednesday evening, around 6:30 p. m., an unlikely group of artists gather in the activity room downstairs at the Anne Douglas Center for Women, located in downtown L. A. For an hour and a half, we sing, share tales from the weekend, praise each other’s work, and make things.
More specifically, we make wire sculptures, multimedia masks and self-portraits（自画像）, and write letters to our future selves. We draw with closed eyes. Some projects come together with ease, others are not that easy.
However, regardless of the finished products, all of us value the time each week when there are no strict instructions, no right answers, no winners. And this is not to say the finished products
aren’t surprising, genuine and wildly beautiful—which they most certainly are.
On Saturday, Nov. 12, the artists of the Anne Douglas Center will take over Bruce Lurie Gallery for a single night, selling their work to raise money for next year’s art programming. The evening, titled “The Art of Love”, is both a chance to support women and aspiring（有雄心的） artists in the community, and to see some quality artwork.
“Art therapy（疗法）is more than just making nice pictures,” art therapist Tally Tripp explained in an earlier interview. “In fact, art therapy is more often a process of making ugly or messy pictures that describe a feeling state, not a final product that is all neat and tied together. Art therapy is about that creative process where the customer, in the company of an art therapist is working and re-working problems via a range of variable art materials.”
Neither I nor Justin Waring-Crane, my partner, are art therapists. (She is an occupational therapist.) The projects we’re leading are not, therefore, art therapy. And yet, the healing（治疗的） benefits of creative expression are powerful. I can, at the very least, speak for myself; I leave our meetings feeling both accepted and inspired.
21.What is Paragraph 2 mainly about? A. The purposes of the project.
B. The activities the women do.
C. How the women carry out their projects.
D. Why the women gather on Wednesday evenings.
22.What can we infer about “The Art of Love”? A. It is a party intended for women artists.
B. Some high-quality artwork will be displayed.
C. It is an opening ceremony for Bruce Lurie Gallery. D. Many famous artists will participate in the activity.
23.What’s the author’s attitude towards their projects?
A. Cautious. B. Curious. C. Doubtful. D. Satisfied.
