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Art Is a Way of Knowing
by
Pat B. Allen
Making art—giving form to the images that arise in our mind's eye, our dreams, and our everyday lives—is a form of spiritual practice through which knowledge of ourselves can ripen into wisdom. This book offers encouragement for everyone to explore art making in this spirit of self-discovery—plus practical instructions on material, methods, and activities such as ways to: ...more
Paperback, 204 pages
Published
April 11th 1995
by Shambhala
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Gift from my daughter Kari and friend, Damin.
Kari participates in Open Studio workshops developed and led by the author.
I will use it not only for art making, but to support a memoir theme. I'm writing about images and imagination. Taking off from an idea in "Pictures of the Mind", by Miriam Bolyen-Fitzgerald, I suggest a balance between art making and creative writing. More than a balance between right brain/left brain, use multiple dimensions of knowing to train the min...more
Kari participates in Open Studio workshops developed and led by the author.
I will use it not only for art making, but to support a memoir theme. I'm writing about images and imagination. Taking off from an idea in "Pictures of the Mind", by Miriam Bolyen-Fitzgerald, I suggest a balance between art making and creative writing. More than a balance between right brain/left brain, use multiple dimensions of knowing to train the min...more
I would recommend it for an art therapy class or if you're definitely interested in techniques related to art therapy, but maybe not so much if you just want something to casually pick up and read. There are a lot of personal references the author makes so it's not so much of a textbook, but she also goes into detail about different ideas for art-making, which I didn't particularly like. She also goes into a lot of detail about her own work career which put me off. However, it did lead me to rea...more
An absolute must for anyone wanting to engage in self knowledge. Art making may seem as though it isn't for you, maybe, but there is so much to tap in to with this experience. Her voice validated my own recent process and I highly recommend reading this book!
I only read half of this book, but my impression of it is that it was very good...for someone else. It's essentially a self-help book about how to self-administer art therapy, rather than how to seriously make a habit of making good art, which is what I was looking for. This woman makes really cheesy art, and it's hard for me to respect that, however therapeutic it may be.
The ideas for art-making presented in this book are helpful, and there are some great individual passages. As a whole, however, I found the author's many, many wordy descriptions of her own art to be quite tedious. I would have liked it as a more focused instruction book rather than the half-hearted blend of memoir it is.
It seems like a good book for those who are into art therapy. It suggests methods of self discovery through art.
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