Art heals : how creativity cures the soul / Shaun McNiff.
By: McNiff, Shaun [author.]
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Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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General Lending | MTU Crawford College of Art and Design Library Lending | 615.85156 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Checked out | 29/01/2024 | 00230460 |
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
A leader in art therapy shares powerful developments in the field and provides a roadmap for unlocking the spiritual and emotional healing benefits of creative expression
The field of art therapy is discovering that artistic expression can be a powerful means of personal transformation and emotional and spiritual healing. In this book, Shaun McNiff-a leader in expressive arts therapy for more than three decades-reflects on a wide spectrum of activities aimed at reviving art's traditional healing function. In chapters ranging from "Liberating Creativity" and "The Practice of Creativity in the Workplace" to "From Shamanism to Art Therapy," he illuminates some of the most progressive views in the rapidly expanding field of art therapy, including-
.The "practice of imagination" as a powerful force for transformation
.A challenge to literal-minded psychological interpretations of artworks ("black colors indicate depression") and the principle that even disturbing images have inherent healing properties
.The role of the therapist in promoting an environment conducive to free expression and therapeutic energies
.The healing effects of group work, with people creating alongside one another and interacting in the studio
."Total expression," combining arts such as movement, storytelling, and drumming with painting and drawing
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Art Is Soul's Medicine -- Opening to Images and Media -- Total Expression -- Connections to Shamanism -- Reflections on the Source -- Art Healing Is for Everyone -- New Media
MTU Cork Module ARTS 8037 - Supplementary reading.