| “Healing Art is being born as we speak. The concept is catching fire, is awakening in people’s spirits…Artists, musicians and dancers are realizing their imagery has meaning….that their imagery heals them, others, their neighborhood, or the earth.” |
| Michael Samuels, from his book Creative Healing |
| “At the deepest level, the creative process and the healing process arise from a single source. When you are an artist, you are a healer; a wordless trust of the same mystery is the foundation of your work and its integrity.” |
| Rachel Naomi Remen, MD, author of Kitchen Table Wisdom |
In Arts & Consciousness we are developing a new pedagogy – a way of teaching artists to discover meaning and connection through the creative process. By examining the ideas of modernism and post-modernism our students find their own new ideas and new ways of offering relevance and value to a culture starved for authenticity and humanity. We hope they will discover abundance as a natural consequence of finding relevance and value in their own artwork. The on-going exploration the nature of value and meaning is an important part of contemporary art. Often misunderstood as opportunism, the excesses of the contemporary art world have laid the groundwork for a new revolution in art and the re-discovery of a deeper and more enduring value for the entire culture. We have reason for celebration and hope in the face of adversity and can find beauty and wisdom in a myriad of new images and ideas that are re-shaping art and culture.
POSTED BY SHERRIE HANSELL AT 7:24 PM artsandconsciousness.blogspot.com/
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2009
Post-Modernism, Economic Collapse and the Search for Value in Art
