In childhood, none of us thought of creative people as some other, talented and not like us.
We took a brush, dipped it in the paint, dragged it over the paper and were happy with what we got. We danced, jumped and twirled as we liked and because we liked it. We sculpted from mud and sang without thinking that someone should approve or appreciate us. We were free. This freedom can be returned. We can again become whole and open and again perceive the world in volume and respond to it not only with one mind, but with our whole being. And combine these abilities with the experience that you have received in your adult life. In this we will be helped by paints and pencils, words and clay and our own body, which wants to move not “as expected”, but as the soul asks. And yet — people who will follow this path with us and will support us if, by opening our hearts, we find there more sadness and pain than we can bear alone. Natalie Rogers, the daughter of the founder of humanistic psychology, Carl Rogers and the author of the concept of expressive arts therapy, tells about how a new acquisition of one’s “I” takes place. Also, two experts of our magazine worked on the translation and publication of this book — client-centered psychotherapist Alexander Orlov and art therapist Varvara V. Sidorova.
Mann, Ivanov and Ferber, 336 p.