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"Whenever illness is associated with loss of soul," writes Shaun McNiff, "the arts emerge spontaneously as remedies, soul medicine." The medicine of the artist, like that of the shaman, arises from his or her relationship to "familiars"—the themes, methods, and materials that interact with the artist through the creative process. Art As Medicine demonstrates how the imagination heals and renews itself through this natural process. The author describes his pioneering methods of art therapy—including interpretation through performance and storytelling, creative collaboration, and dialoguing with images—and the ways in which they can revitalize both psychotherapy and art itself.
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IN THE WINTER of 1970 I was a twenty-three-year-old law school dropout in Salem, Massachusetts, committing my life to art. Read the first page
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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful
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I like the premise of this book, namely, that the art produced by patients in psychiatric clinics, etc, should not be used for diagnostic or psychoanalytic purposes but viewed for what it is, Art.Anything else is reductive and patronizing. But the author takes so long to point this out, repeatedly, and in such dense, theoretical language that the book became a bit of a chore. I enjoyed the concrete examples he gave, both of his own work and some of his clients'-I would have liked to have seen more of it.
13 of 15 people found the following review helpful
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McNiff's writing style is very dense and hard to grasp. But if you can persevere, he has had some interesting experiences using art as a therapeutic technique.
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36 of 50 people found the following review helpful
Interesting, but writing style is too wordy.
28 Jun 1999
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McNiff's writing style is very dense and hard to grasp. But if you can persevere, he has had some interesting experiences using art as a therapeutic technique.
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Helping me with working with elderly art patients
6 Oct 2011
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I have found many easy lessons in this book to help me work with Alzhimer patients. I teach watercolors each week with elderly students and have found many great ideas.
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Art as Medicine
30 Aug 2009
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I found Dr, McNiff's book to be an excellent explication of the healing powers of the creative arts. I am an pastellist, singer, and have been a dancer in the past. Dr. McNiff knows what he is talking about. I know what he is talking about. I know what it feels like to be made whole by using paper and crayons, or by singing songs, or by writing a poem. It feels like - woohoo! ;-)
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