Art as Medicine: Creating a Therapy of the Imagination

by Shaun McNiff

Book Overview

"Whenever illness is associated with loss of soul," writes Shaun McNiff, "the arts emerge spontaneously as remedies, soul medicine." The medicine of the artist, like that of the shaman, arises from... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0877736588
• ISBN13: 9780877736585
• Release Date: October 1992
• Publisher: Shambhala
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

Art as Medicine

I found Dr, McNiff's book to be an excellent explication of the healing powers of the creative arts. I am an pastellist, singer, and have been a dancer in the past. Dr. McNiff knows what he is talking about. I know what he is talking about. I know what it feels like to be made whole by using paper and crayons, or by singing songs, or by writing a poem. It feels like - woohoo! ;-)