“Perhaps the way that the world sees itself is changing, and the divide between participant and observer, object and intelligence, is diffusing into field activity. This handbook is part of that process.” Antony Gormley
This handbook for working in the creative arts emphasizes imagination and receptivity to our bodies, surroundings, materials, and creations. It will benefit anyone exploring life through active arts engagement, with particular emphasis on the sensing, feeling, moving body as the basis for imaginative activity.
The book describes strategies for working within various forms of expression, including movement, making with materials, and writing. It stresses intuitive, instinctive ways of knowing and creating. It serves as a resource for those studying, teaching, or working creatively with others in therapeutic, educational, or community contexts.
Written to inspire rather than instruct, the book is meant to be used in small amounts to stimulate working processes. While the authors’ previous book, Body Space Image, focused on improvised movement and performance, this book addresses how imagination is awakened through attention to the body’s present feeling world and to what emerges as we create, thus entering the poetics of experience.