Affective Self-knowledge Through Art
Author: Marcia Jane Johnston
Publisher:
Published: 1987
Total Pages: 136
ISBN-13:
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Art, Self and Knowledge
Author: Keith Lehrer
Publisher: OUP USA
Published: 2012
Total Pages: 225
ISBN-13: 0195304985
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book argues that a special value of art is the way in which it uses conscious experience -- the exemplars of aesthetic experience -- to autonomously reconfigure how we conceive of our world and ourselves, ourselves in our world and our world in ourselves. Exemplar representation ties art and science, mind and body, self and world together in a dynamic loop reconfiguring them all as it reconfigures itself.
Healing with Art and Soul
Author: Kathy Luethje
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Published: 2008-12-18
Total Pages: 490
ISBN-13: 1443803081
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis fascinating collection of essays contains a variety of perspectives about the use of expressive arts for facilitating physical and emotional healing. Each author within brings a fresh approach and unique experiences to their writing. Within these pages, you will find many ideas for the use of the arts and can learn how to engage the inner layers of the self that allow natural healing processes of the body and soul to flourish. When we fully engage an art modality, we find ourselves in a place in our consciousness that could be called 'healingspace,' where we feel ourselves whole and re-member ourselves as well. From psychic trauma to physical illness, dis-ease of many kinds may be addressed through the various techniques discussed here. The tools offered by some authors are population specific and age appropriate, while several authors have given us the philosophical underpinnings for it all. While the authors within represent the grassroots voices of this new and rapidly expanding field, several of them have developed their own methods for using the arts, and have thriving practices. Our approach is wholistic. Music, visual arts, movement, dance, and poetry are discussed as separate modalities and in combination with one another in a process or flow. The reader will engage in our experiences with these modalities as they have been lived. The complementary CD that accompanies this book will allows the listener to have a full sound experience of toning. If a rationale is needed for establishing arts programs in medical centers or other health facilities, it can be found here. The book offers tools for self development and for group facilitation. Those wanting to expand their healing practice through the use of the arts will find the book to be a faithful guide. Anyone wishing for a fuller understanding of how the arts may work to facilitate healing will find much food for thought within these pages.
Art Heals: Stress Less, Discover You
Author: Thomas Jacob
Publisher: Thomas Jacob
Published: 2024-04-15
Total Pages: 31
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFeeling overwhelmed by the pressures of daily life? Art Heals offers a powerful antidote: the transformative power of artistic expression. This concise yet impactful book explores the therapeutic benefits of art creation, including: Reduced stress and anxiety: Discover how art provides a healthy outlet for emotions and promotes relaxation. Enhanced self-discovery: Explore your inner world through art, fostering self-awareness and personal growth. Improved emotional well-being: Cultivate a sense of peace and purpose through the joy of artistic creation. Art Heals is your invitation to tap into the healing power of art, offering a path to stress reduction, self-discovery, and a more fulfilling life.
The Art of Self-Awareness
Author: Patrick King
Publisher: PKCS Media
Published: 2022-01-19
Total Pages: 162
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKEqual parts scientific, philosophical, and practical. Become your best self by first defining it. The Art of Self-Awareness takes you on a journey – not to an exotic destination, but inwards. It’s perilous, scary, and uncomfortable, but the end rewards will be fantastic. Self-awareness is not simply knowing your name; it’s knowing what makes you happy, what makes you sad, and the underlying beliefs and values that create those emotions. Most people look externally for answers to their problems, but that’s like putting a band-aid on top of a pothole. Everything that makes your life good or bad comes from within and it’s time to finally learn what lies beneath. The toughest skill of all: metacognition, which is thinking about your thinking. Learn the keys to self-introspection and how a simple set of questions can answer your deepest problems. The three levels of adult self-awareness and development. Values, goals, beliefs, and how to orient yourself. Why self-awareness is actually social awareness, and how it can help you socially Empathy and social intelligence The keys to avoiding self-delusion and self-sabotage. Patrick King is an internationally bestselling author and social skills coach. His writing draws of a variety of sources, from scientific research, academic experience, coaching, and real-life experience. Self awareness is social awareness. Know thyself and your relationships will benefit tenfold. Self-awareness is not just a journey about yourself, it involves the people around you. Understanding how your own emotions, values, and beliefs work will finally allow you to truly empathize with your friends, family, and significant other. To get to Point B, you must know what Point A is. Read this book to find your starting point, your end goal, and what must happen in between!
Ink It
Author: Dr. Comfort Walker
Publisher: Dorrance Publishing
Published: 2023-08-08
Total Pages: 194
ISBN-13: 1636617026
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAbout the Book Ink It is an art journal for releasing positive and negative emotional energy, allowing the individual time to identify their feelings in a way that words can't. Because words can block the expression of our true emotions and feelings, Ink It offers a strategy for getting in touch with our emotions and feelings through drawing. Dr. Comfort Walker started this practice to cope with her feelings after her father's death thirty-plus years ago, and it has worked for her through the years. In this book, Dr. Walker shares her strategy, hoping that it can also help someone else. About the Book Dr. Comfort Walker is an award-winning teacher. A National Board-certified teacher of students with disabilities. A national board-certified elementary school teacher in grades k-6. An international special education consultant. An instructional facilitator, workshop facilitator, and entrepreneur. Dr. Walker has worked in special education for over 18+ years as a classroom teacher. She is also a facilitator supporting and encouraging educators to develop a more profound understanding of how to support students' emotional wellbeing. And at the same time, helping teachers rewire many of their mindsets, habits, and practices as educators. Dr. Walker is the founder of the disabilities awareness teacher support service (DATSS), which can be found at www.datss.org; in this space and beyond, Dr. Walker continues to advocate for best practices for teachers working with students with disabilities. Dr. Walker works with a small select group of teachers looking to improve their skills in being effective and efficient when working with students with disabilities. Dr. Walker has her Bachelor's in Special Education and Master's in Special Education with a specialization in Low Incidence Disabilities from Kean University, USA. And a Doctorate in International Education at NorthCentral University, USA.
Attunement in Expressive Art Therapy
Author: Mitchell Kossak
Publisher: Charles C Thomas Publisher
Published: 2021-06-25
Total Pages: 234
ISBN-13: 0398093687
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis new second edition of Attunement in Expressive Arts Therapy: Toward an Understanding of Embodied Empathy has been extensively revised. The book addresses how the arts can be applied therapeutically for mental, emotional and spiritual health. The therapeutic practices offer expanded ways of being attuned to emotional states and life conditions with individuals, relationships, groups, and communities. Specific topics include: the contexts of attunement in the arts and therapy, tuning in to embodied creative intelligence, attunement and improvisation, rhythm and resonance, and the sense of balance achieved through affective sensory states. Each chapter clearly articulates how to utilize the arts to tune in to self, other, and a larger sacred presence. The poignant stories from the author's 35 years as an artist and therapist allows the reader to experience how the arts have been used throughout history to maintain healthy physical, emotional and spiritual well-being. Spontaneity, heightened sensitivity to inner states, deep connectivity to self and other, and an awareness of energetic and embodied shifts in consciousness are explored. It will be an excellent resource for those interested in learning how to engage with individuals and communities in order to address complex life challenges.
Art Workshop for Children
Author: Barbara Rucci
Publisher: Quarry Books
Published: 2016-11-01
Total Pages: 176
ISBN-13: 1631593250
DOWNLOAD EBOOKArt Workshop for Children is not just another book of straightforward art projects. The book's unique child-led approach provides a framework for cultivating creative thinking and encourages the wonder that comes when children are allowed to freely explore the creative process and their materials. As children work through these open-ended workshops, adults are guided on how to be facilitators who provide questions, encourage deep thinking, and help spark an excitement for discovery. Children explore basic materials and workshops that use minimal supplies, and then gradually add new materials to fill the art cabinets as well as new skills and more complex workshops. Most workshops are suitable to preschool-aged children, and each contains ideas for explorations and new twists to engage older or more experienced artists. Interspersed throughout are sidebar essays that introduce perspectives on mess-making, imperfection, the role of adult, collaborative art, and thoughts on the Reggio Emilia method, a self-guided teaching philosophy. These pieces underscore the value of art-making with children, and support the parent/teacher/care-giver on how to successfully lead, question, and navigate their children through the workshops to result in the fullest experiences.
Zen Camera
Author: David Ulrich
Publisher: Watson-Guptill
Published: 2018-02-13
Total Pages: 226
ISBN-13: 0399580336
DOWNLOAD EBOOKZen Camera is an unprecedented photography practice that guides you to the creativity at your fingertips, calling for nothing more than your vision and any camera, even the one embedded in your phone. David Ulrich draws on the principles of Zen practice as well as forty years of teaching photography to offer six profound lessons for developing your self-expression. Doing for photography what The Artist’s Way and Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain did for their respective crafts, Zen Camera encourages you to build a visual journaling practice called your Daily Record in which photography can become a path of self-discovery. Beautifully illustrated with 83 photographs, its insights into the nature of seeing, art, and personal growth allow you to create photographs that are beautiful, meaningful, and uniquely your own. You’ll ultimately learn to change the way you interact with technology—transforming it into a way to uncover your innate power of attention and mindfulness, to see creatively, and to live authentically.
The Art of Self Awareness
Author: Alejandra Llamas
Publisher: Grijalbo
Published: 2013-11-29
Total Pages: 105
ISBN-13: 607311883X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIf you're ready to break repetitive patterns, if you want to have a rich, deep and authentic life experience, this book is for you. If you're ready to break repetitive patterns, if you want to have a rich, deep and authentic life experience, this book is for you. The book you have in your hands is the way to understand who you really are and the wide spectrum of possibilities that await in your life story. Enter into a deeper dimension regarding your great purpose as an individual and as part of humanity. Based on ontological coaching and the teachings of ancestral wisdom, this book will lead you to understand that truly, everything is possible. "There are books that change lives and this is one of them. Alejandra Llamas has that surprising capacity to find what is important in life and, furthermore, knows how to communicate it. Her message, and the way that she expresses it on radio and television, is simply vital. But, to be honest, you haveto start by reading her." Jorge Ramos, journalist and author. "Coaching freed me from concepts that trapped my mind and soul. Thanks to personal coaching, I redirected my energy towards the right road, the road that makes you better and happier. To have been led by Alejandra Llamas is the best thing that ever happened to me." Gloria Calzada
