A book which demonstrates the way to gain first-hand experience of the "inner child" - actually feeling its emotions and recapturing its sense of wonder - by writing and drawing with the non-dominant hand.
The vast, untapped potential of the brain's little used right hemisphere can be successfully channeled into a powerful resource. "Other hand" exercises and experiments can help heal, break addictions, and unlock creativity. Fourth printing in less than one year. (Philosophy/Metaphysics)
Rapid Viz, Third Edition: A New Method for the Rapid Visualization of Ideas provides hands-on instruction on quick sketching skills and techniques that allow you to picture your ideas mentally, and then quickly convert those thoughts into visual reality on a piece of paper. The method is not designed to help you become a master illustrator, but ...
Children tackle creative projects fearlessly, with great imagination and verve. But as adults, inhibitions take hold and we get locked into a way of thinking that stops us from using our full potential at work an in our relationships. This book is designed to unleash that inner potential through a programme of art projects that the author has used ...
Psychologists have long understood that the art works of children relate to their intellectual and emotional development but this is the first book to describe the developmental process of drawing. Gardner explores the vital links between childrens art and their emotional, social, and cognitive development.
This is title no. 99 in the series Studies in Jungian Psychology by Jungian Analysts. The Secret World of Drawings is a book so helpful and practical that a wide variety of psychotherapists, health care practitioners, educators, and artists continue to replace their much-beloved dog-eared copies every few years. 100 illustrations (74 in color). A ...
This enjoyable book presents simple techniques that anyone can use to develop basic quick-sketching skills using nothing more than common felt-tips pens and plain paper.
This text offers teachers guidance in helping children develop the mental and physical abilities used in the discovery and creation of meaning through drawing. It provides developmental guidelines, defined objectives and lesson plans for classes from Kindergarten through to Sixth Grade.
Combat the pressures of outside evaluation, accomplish artistic goals, and maximise creativity by focusing on the inner experience of drawing.Be creative, using not only the tools in your hands, but also the greatest tool, your mind and spirit. Learn and enjoy the creative process by using the exercises in this book. Be inspired and encouraged by ...
By analyzing the case histories of some of her students and their evolving art work, Sandra Shuman is able to show the healing and therapeutic value of adding creativity to life. 8-page color insert.
The message of this book is a simple one: children learn to draw by acquiring increasingly complex and effective drawing rules. In this regard, learning to draw is like learning a language, and as with language children use these rules creatively, making infinite use of finite means. Learning to draw is thus, like learning a language, one of the ...
Drawing and its analysis has been an important discipline of Developmental Psychology since the early twentieth century. This unique collection of essays unites leading empirical researchers from Europe, the United States and Canada to provide a valuable introduction to state-of-the-art drawing research. Focusing on the core problems associated ...
This is an updated version of the first edition which condenses and synthesizes a variety of drawing directives that aid clinicians in the assessment process, as well as in therapy. The new edition updates literature reviews, provides new case studies and art work. Its blend of assessment techniques and therapeutic uses of drawing should make the ...
"Spirit of Drawing" is an intriguing series of illustrated visual experiments that combine meditation, expressive therapy, and hands-on exploration with drawing media. Author Connie Smith Siegel's ideas, build on the meditation practice of sensory awareness, a blending of buddhist meditation and simple physical activities. Applied to creative ...
A detailed account of a case study of someone too divided within herself. In the treatment, lasting over 20 years, 'Susan' suddenly and spontaneously discovered the capacity to do doodle drawings. It was partly for this reason and also in order to clarify, both for herself and for others, what she was learning from her patients that Marion Milner ...
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