Inward Journey; Art as Therapy [Paperback]

Margaret F. Keyes (Author, Preface), Michelle Vignes (Photographer)

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This little book is a wonderful tool for exploring healing through artistic expression, with exercises, guided imagery, sketches and photos, inner dialogues and a variety of art forms. It draws from a wide variety of belief systems, encompassing meditation, mandalas and Jungian depth psychology to help you find a path to healing. -- From The WomanSource Catalog & Review: Tools for Connecting the Community for Women; review by Patricia Pettijohn

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While I acknowledge the value of the new field of art therapy, my view of the use of art materials for self-understanding is somewhat different, in that I am not particularly interested in the medical model of "therapy," which implies disease or wound.

THE SELF BOX
Materials you will need: a cardboard box, scissors, glue, and a pile of old picture magazines. You are going to make a three-dimensional representation of you. It does not have to be a box, any shape with an inside and an outside will do. Make something that feels right to you in terms of size, depth, breadth. Starting with a cardboard box, you can cut openings that allow other people to see inside. Determine what you keep on the inside of you. What do you choose to show on the outside? Represent these. Paint if you choose or glue on parts of magazine pictures, materials, and favorite objects.

Product Details

• Paperback: 144 pages
• Publisher: Open Court Publishing Company (June 19, 1985)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0875483682
• ISBN-13: 978-0875483689
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 6 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #389,259 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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