The Soul's Palette: Drawing on Art's Transformative Powers
Completed during the aftermath of September 11, art therapist Malchiodi's positive treatise promotes art-making and creative imagery as natural forms of holistic healing. Practical guidance combined with workbook-like projects such as creating a "safe box" and keeping a "feelings journal" are geared to help readers find their spiritual centers, and, in the process, experience the healing that flows from the joy of creation. Step-by-step instructions help readers create healing environments through color, boost immune systems wracked by stress via self-affirmations and self-guided imagery, reduce and manage pain via artistic expression, and take "art breaks" from the strains of today's society. The life force, or "soul's palette," according to Malchiodi, need not be the exclusive domain of an elite few; instead, life enhancement through self-expression can become an integrated and transformational part of every life.Whitney ScottCopyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved