The ancient art of storytelling revealed in Storytelling and the Art of Imagination shines as a powerful antidote to today?s passive, solitary world of electronic entertainment. As a true path of self-development, storytelling awakens and nourishes the timeless and archetypal experiences, symbols, and forces of our inner lives. In this classic in the field of storytelling as a healing art, Nancy Mellon offers the tools for story-making and story-telling through examples and exercises. Her deep sense of mission and her commitment to creativity inspire this step-by-step guide on how to tap into vast creative wisdom within the archetypal characters, landscapes and plots found in tales throughout the world. Many teachers, students, community leaders, parents, therapists and other professionals have carried this inspirational book with them, dog-eared and worn, in backpacks and purses to help them meet daily challenges. People of all ages are learning to creatively find healing perspectives and artistic courage in the midst of even the most dire stresses of daily life. Some of the many tools Mellon discusses and demonstrates include employing the rhythms of voice and speech, movement and direction, visualization, and the imaginative wealth of symbolism both in the natural world and in the external forces that can inform the healing imagination.
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An adult educator and former teacher of K-12, connected for many years with the international Waldorf School movement, Nancy Mellon is now a psychotherapist. With a specialty in healing through the arts, she is a pioneer in therapeutic storytelling. Since 1992 her work has reached thousands of healing arts specialists, parents and grandparents, teachers, librarians, writers, broadcasters, storytellers, artists and many others. She is a faculty member of the School of Storytelling at Emerson College, Sussex, England.
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an excellent place to start,
This review is from: The Art of Storytelling (Paperback)
I believe the earlier prints of this book were called "Storytelling and the Art of Imagination". This book outlines various essential parts of a story, characters and how they have been traditionally used, symbolism associated with characters and settings, and examples from folktales. After reading this you may never look at fairytales in the same way again. It encourages you to write for yourself, and those you love, and gives examples of how people who have attended her classes have achieved personal healing by putting their own difficulties in a written (or verbal) fantasy form. I found it personally inspiring.
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