New ideas regarding Expressive Arts were discussed last night, it will be great to make them come true in the near future! Let's talk more!! Why Expressive Arts?Here are two explanation from the leaders in the field:
From "The Creative Connection" by Dr. Natalie Rogers PhD (1993)
Expressive arts therapy uses various arts- movement, drawing, painting, sculpting, music, writing, sound, and improvisation - in a supportive setting to facilitate growth and healing. It is a process of discovering ourselves through any art form that comes from an emotional depth. It is not creating a 'pretty' picture. It is not a dance ready for the stage. It is not a poem written and rewritten to perfection.
We express inner feelings by creating outer forms. Expressive art refers to using the emotional, intuitive aspects of ourselves in various media. To use the arts expressively means going into our inner realms to discover feelings and to express them through visual art, movement, sound, writing or drama.
We use the arts to let go, to express and to release. Clients report that the expressive arts have helped them to go beyond their problems to
envisioning themselves taking action in the world constructively. Involving oneself intensely with the creative process brings an alignment of mind and body, creating an opening to receive divine energy. Discovering one's spirituality through creativity actually happens.
From "The Foundations of Expressive Arts Therapy" (1999) by Dr. Stephen and Dr. Ellen Levine
Wholeness and self-actualization are seen as the goals of therapeutic work:
the arts are necessary precisely because of their capactity for expressing the totality of the self.
No matter what the framework, we sense a common concern with human suffering and the possibilities of an artistic response.
Expressive Arts are those activities in which creative expression fosters psychological, physical and spiritual wellness.
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