Art Is a Way of Knowing: A Guide to Self-Knowledge and Spiritual Fulfillment through Creativity

Making art?giving form to the images that arise in our mind's eye, our dreams, and our everyday lives?is a form of spiritual practice through which knowledge of ourselves can ripen into wisdom. This book offers encouragement for everyone to explore art making in this spirit of self-discovery?plus practical instructions on material, methods, and activities such as ways to:

   ?  Discover a personal myth or story
   ?  Recognize patterns and themes in one's life
   ?  Identify and release painful memories
   ?  Combine journaling and image making
   ?  Practice the ancient skill of active imagination
   ?  Connect with others through sharing one's art works


Interwoven with this guidance is the intimate story of the author's own journey as a student, art therapist, teacher, wife, mother, and artist?and, most of all, as a woman who discovered a profound and healing connection with her soul through making art.