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PHILOSOPHY OF EXPRESSIVE ARTS THERAPY by the same author Poiesis The Language of Psychology and the Speech of the Soul Stephen K. Levine ISBN 978 1 85302 488 7 ISBN 978 1 84985 061 2 (large print) eISBN 978 0 85700 074 3 Principles and Practice of Expressive Arts Therapy Toward a Therapeutic Aesthetics Paolo Knill, Ellen G. Levine and Stephen K. Levine ISBN 978 1 84310 039 3 ISBN 978 1 84985 497 9 (large print) eISBN 978 1 84642 032 0 New Developments in Expressive Arts Therapy The Play of Poiesis Edited by Ellen G. Levine and Stephen K. Levine ISBN 978 1 78592 247 3 eISBN 978 1 78450 532 5 Foundations of Expressive Arts Therapy Theoretical and Clinical Perspectives Edited by Stephen K. Levine and Ellen G. Levine ISBN 978 1 85302 463 4 ISBN 978 1 84985 139 8 (large print) eISBN 978 1 84642 185 3 Art in Action Expressive Arts Therapy and Social Change Ellen G. Levine and Stephen K. Levine Foreword by Michelle LeBaron ISBN 978 1 84905 820 9 eISBN 978 0 85700 270 9 Trauma, Tragedy, Therapy The Arts and Human Suffering Stephen K. Levine ISBN 978 1 84310 512 1 eISBN 978 0 85700 193 1 PHILOSOPHY OF EXPRESSIVE ARTS THERAPY Poiesis and the Therapeutic Imagination STEPHEN K. LEVINE Foreword by Catherine Hyland Moon Several of the essays and poems in this book have been published previously in a different form, please see the Acknowledgements for more details. “Hope for Poiesis: An Interview” has been reproduced with kind permission from Paolo Knill. First published in 2019 by Jessica Kingsley Publishers 73 Collier Street London N1 9BE, UK and 400 Market Street, Suite 400 Philadelphia, PA 19106, USA www.jkp.com Copyright © Stephen K. Levine 2019 Foreword copyright © Catherine Hyland Moon 2019 Front cover artwork: Ellen G. Levine. Photographed by Judy Nisenholt. All rights reserved. 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Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data A CIP catalog record for this book is available from the Library of Congress British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library ISBN 978 1 78775 005 0 eISBN 978 1 78775 006 7 To Ellen, true partner in life and art. CONTENTS Cover Image—Artist’s Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Ellen G. Levine Foreword. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Catherine Hyland Moon Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 To the Reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 INVOCATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 My Way to Poiesis: The Autobiography of a Concept. . . . . 21 ETHEL MERMAN WAS MY MOTHER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Part I - Poiesis, Therapy, and the Arts 1. Expressive Arts Therapy: The Primacy of Poiesis. . . . . . 36 PATRÍA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 2. Expressive Arts Therapy: Poiesis in Relationship . . . . . . 43 TO FIDES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 3. Towards the Work: Winnicott, Unintegration, and Beyond 51 ART PARDNERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Part II - Poiesis: From Phenomenology to Imagination 4. The Feast of Imagination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 SOMETHING TERRIBLE HAS HAPPENED. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 5. Image Work: Imaginal Psychology and Expressive Arts . . 63 TO HOSSEIN WHO I NEVER KNEW UNTIL NOW. . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 6. Man or Beast: Imagining the Animal That I Am . . . . . . 70 SPEAK THE WORD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 7. The Philosopher’s Song . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 YOU HAVE TO GO ON A LONELY PATH. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Part III - The Way of Poiesis: A Chinese Perspective 8. Beauty in Eastern and Western Thought. . . . . . . . . . . 84 THE BEAUTY OF FLOWERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 9. The Tao of Poiesis: Chinese Philosophy and Expressive Arts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 Part IV - Poiesis, Improvisation, Identity 10. Expecting the Unexpected: The Way of Improvisation . . 104 11. Keep Your Shirt On!: Art, Therapy, and the Space In‑Between . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 12. Who am I? What am I?: The Poiesis of Identity. . . . . . . 118 BETHLEHEM AFGHANISTAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 Part V - Last Words: When All is Said and Done 13. The Art of Trauma: Poiesis and Human Existence . . . . . 134 LOVE AND BONES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 14. Hope for Poiesis: An Interview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145 WELCOMING MR. P . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 SONG THE ONLY VICTORY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163 Subject Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167 Author Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
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