People who first hear about sandplay often ask, "Is it something like a Rorschach test?" The answer is an emphatic no. It's almost a paradox to speak of the "purpose" of doing a sandtray, since the focus is on play without rules or purpose, with the emphasis on the tangible experience of moving the objects in the sand. "It is the experiencing of molding the sand, of adding water in sprinkles or by cupfuls, of placing the objects, of burying them, of letting something happen, be it felt as creative or destructive, and of honoring whatever process takes over, that is healing," writes Kay Bradway in Sandplay -- Silent Workshop of the Psyche. Rather than reductively analyzing what is going on in the tray, the therapist attends to and appreciates the world that the client is creating within it.