Art as Medicine: Creating a Therapy of the Imagination
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A pioneering art therapist extolls the arts as a powerful tool in psychotherapy, describing how activating the imagination can heal the mind, heart, and soul The medicine of the artist, like that of the shaman, arises from his or her relationship to "familiars"--the themes, methods, and materials that interact with the artist through the creative process. "Whenever illness is associated with loss of soul," writes Shaun McNiff, "the arts emerge spontaneously as remedies, soul medicine." Art as Medicine demonstrates how the imagination heals and renews itself through this natural process. Author Shaun McNiff describes his pioneering methods of art therapy--including interpretation through performance and storytelling, creative collaboration, and dialoguing with images--and the ways in which they can revitalize both psychotherapy and art itself.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0877736588
ISBN13:9780877736585
Release Date:October 1992
Publisher:Shambhala
Length:248 Pages
Weight:0.86 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"
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Art as Medicine
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 15 years ago
I found Dr, McNiff's book to be an excellent explication of the healing powers of the creative arts. I am an pastellist, singer, and have been a dancer in the past. Dr. McNiff knows what he is talking about. I know what he is talking about. I know what it feels like to be made whole by using paper and crayons, or by singing songs, or by writing a poem. It feels like - woohoo! ;-)
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