Muse, medium, & meaning: bringing the body into art and art into the body for healing, creative sustenance, and well-being
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Authors
Beazley, Lucy
Issue Date
2014
Type
Capstone
Language
en
Keywords
Transformative arts
Alternative Title
Abstract
I have divided my thesis into three main sections. The first - A Search for Purpose - is an account of my personal and artistic history. It is divided into three subsections of pivotal art processes explored at JFKU that connect to events from my childhood and adolescence, carrying common threads concerning our collective relationship to the body and the healing of my artistic creative process. Section two - Show Me How to Do Like You - presents the social and philosophical contexts in which my work arises. Its subsections covering clay, movement and storytelling, body image, and somatic psychology, include influential people in my development and significant characteristics of each modality. In the third section I offer a brief overview of my identity as a teacher and facilitator, highlighting a workshop I taught at JFKU, which leads to current applications of my work, as well as future possibilities.