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Art as Medicine: Creating a Therapy of the Imagination

Art as Medicine: Creating a Therapy of the Imagination

by McNiff, Shaun
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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.

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BrandShambhala
Pub dateOct 20, 1992
ISBN-100877736588
ISBN-139780877736585
LanguageEnglish
Dimensions9 × 0.7 × 6 in
Weight1 lb
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