Muse, medium, & meaning: bringing the body into art and art into the body for healing, creative sustenance, and well-being

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dc.contributor.authorBeazley, Lucy
dc.date.accessioned2025-07-03T20:15:54Z
dc.date.available2025-07-03T20:15:54Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.description.abstractI 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.
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11803/3952
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisher.institutionJohn F. Kennedy University (JFKU)
dc.subjectTransformative arts
dc.titleMuse, medium, & meaning: bringing the body into art and art into the body for healing, creative sustenance, and well-being
dc.typeCapstone
thesis.degree.disciplineTransformative Arts
thesis.degree.grantorJohn F. Kennedy University (JFKU)
thesis.degree.levelMasters
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Arts
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