Drawing Closer to Nature: Making Art in Dialogue with the Natural World
"A desire for change, if not the full readiness for it, is the prerequisite for change." So states painter, art therapist, and art educator London in this extraordinarily well thought out and well-written approach to the creative process. Arguing that the making of art requires a wholeness conceived through the integration of self and nature, London organizes his book into six sections that utilize essays, "encounters," media and techniques, and poems to explore his personal experiences, offer practical yet creative methods for drawing closer to nature, and present specific ways for approaching art as well as allowing readers to explore their inner natures, reposition their view of media, and open up to a holistic perspective. Illustrated throughout with the author's work and photographs that reveal his process in a variety of visual and literary formats, London's book exemplifies the theme that "in Nature, as in art, there are many structures that viably resolve the problems of how to thrive in this world."Lauren RobertsCopyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved