This book is about using art as an instrument of personal transformation; enabling us to move from an inherited to a chosen state of being. Peter London offers inspiration and fresh ideas to artists; art students; and art teachersmdash;as well as to people who think they cant draw a straight line but want to explore the joys of creative expression. Inside every person; he believes; there is an original; creative self that has been covered over by secondhand ideas; borrowed beliefs; and conditioned behavior. By freeing the capacity for visual expressionmdash;a natural human language possessed by everyonemdash;we can awaken and release the full powers of that original self. Among the topics and exercises included are: bull; How to increase the ability to visualize; fantasize; and dream bull; Obstacles to the creative encounter and what to do about them bull; Experimenting with art media as true mediators between imagination and expression bull; Making masks to reveal the hidden self bull; Painting with "forbidden" colors bull; Arranging found objects as metaphors for ones life
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. LIked it and added to my collectionBy 4 WheelerAnother excellent and reasonably priced Hal Leonard play along cd and book. I have added it to my other 8 HL collection and continue to find them all a reasonable value and very good learning tool. This complements my private lessons and pushes me to learn new things by mimicing the best artists. Its also fun to play along iwth songs you know.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. PerfectBy EDwardPerfect