| Titel: | Art Making as Spiritual Path: The Open Studio |
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| Autor: | Allen, Pa |
| Mediengruppe: | chapter |
| Herausgeber: | --- |
| Zeitschrift: | --- |
| Jahr: | 2001 |
| Band: | --- |
| Heft: | --- |
| Seiten: | 178-188 |
| Sprache: | English |
| Abstract: | (from the chapter) Discusses art making as a spiritual path. The primary contribution of a spiritual approach to art making is the opportunity to experientially dissolve dualism. Spiritual practice is undertaken out of the belief in the existence of a force, power, energy, or reality greater than the individual self, and the related belief that it is possible and desirable to experience our relationship with this reality. This force or energy can be called God, among other names. Art therapy offers something uniquely valuable for those of us who are concerned with transpersonal or spiritual dimensions. Rather than focusing primarily on expanding consciousness, like meditation, art making offers a practical path. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2012 APA, all rights reserved) (chapter) |