Expressive Arts in Practice
Cultural Creatives: Are You One?
Who is a Cultural Creative? Most expressive arts practitioners are, but what does that mean? Cultural creatives are not floating along with…
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Community Art: Creating a Sense of Coherence by Paolo J.Knill
Field Founder Paolo J. Knill on his Theory of Community Art. Reprinted with permission from Poiesis: A Journal of the Arts and…
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Breaking the Beautiful Circle
The metaphor of the circle is unequaled as a symbol of an ideal relational community. There are no leaders or followers, no…
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The Metaphor of the Enduring Shaman- An Excerpt from Judith Greer Essex’s dissertation “Dionysus and the Shaman”
This article by Judith Essex examines Shaun McNiff’s metaphor of the Enduring Shaman, in relationship to the professional practice of Expressive Arts…
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The Small & Artful World: Reconnecting work with Miniatures to the Artistic Tradition by Judith Greer Essex, Ph.D.
Students at the San Diego Expressive Arts Institute, immersed from the beginning in phenomenology are often curious about my continuing use of…
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The Essence in a Therapeutic Process: An Alternative Experience of Worlding?
Reprinted with permission from Poiesis Volume 2, 2000, pp 6- 14. In this article Paolo J. Knill discusses his theory of alternative…
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Two Women Walk Into a Bra: My Search for an Ethical Foundation
In this two women walk practice, creative expression offers a path to deeper insight and meaningful connection. Two Women Walk by Judith…
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