This piece is a self-portrait collage in response to research on the roles of an art therapist for my AR 510 Theories of Art Therapy course at St Mary of the Woods College. The reading was by Bruce Moon, I think title was Intro to Art Therapy. A section of the reading talked about the soul, and spirituality in art therapy practice, and used the work Shaman in relation to the art therapist role. This really struck me, I got online and researched Shamanism a bit and felt the "role" really paralleled my own developing theoretical belief system. Much of the imagery in the collage is in response to this concept. Another key element of the text that really struck me was describing art therapy as a Metaverbal (beyond verbal) practice vs a Non-verbal practice. Moon stressed it was important to define art therapy by what it IS vs what it is NOT.
I have often stated when asked to explain my art pieces over the years that it is really hard to put them into words....that is what I love and need about art is it allows me to communicate when words fail me. Moon described the act of creating art with the client as THE therapeutic process....not the act of verbally analyzing the work post creation.
taking notes and sketching while doing reading from "Introduction to Art Therapy" Bruce Moon for written paper and self-portrait collage assignment for AR 510 Theories of Art Therapy
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