Spirit Of Drawing: A Sensory Meditation Guide To Creative Expression

Spirit of Drawing: A Sensory Meditation Guide to Creative Expression

Artistic expression,spirituality, and meditationcombine to capture theSpirit of DrawingSpirit of Drawing engages readers in an intriguingseries of illustrated visual experiments that combinemeditation, expressive therapy, and hands-onexploration with drawing media. Author Connie Smith Siegel's ideas, developed over many years ofresearch and learning, build on the meditation practiceof sensory awareness, a blending of Buddhistmeditation and simple physical activities. Applied tocreative expression, sensory awareness distillsdrawing and painting to their simplest components:touching, seeing, and moving. In this unusual andfreeing book, artists learn to use these new sensationsto guide their hand toward the movements,shapes, and colors that express what they are feeling.Not only do the artists produce a work of art,they express their own emotions and inner wisdom.Techniques gradually build to more complex visualexpressions such as representational drawing, color theory, composition, and to the use of art in healing. Part art instruction, part art therapy, Spirit of Drawing offers a rich spiritual pathway to self-expression.• Presents Siegel’s unique ideas, honed overforty years of work in art and in spirituality• An entirely new approach to art education• Innovative ideas for therapists and everyonein the healing professions