Reading this book makes me wonder why I am not in the art therapy field. I love what I'm doing in the art education field but I feel there is something missing. I love how the author, Bruce Moon, expresses his position that an art therapist is an artist as much as a therapist, if not more. This is something lightly discussed in the art education field... being an artist and educator. But in the beginning of this book he clearly acknowledging the role of the artist. I like to think of myself as an artist but this role has been overshadowed by other roles such as educator, researcher, volunteer, etc. Reading this encourages me to practice my own art making on the regular.
Another important notion deemed extremely valuable is love. Not only love for you profession/clients but love for your own art and work. This is a very desirable and intriguing aspect to the field that should be addressed in almost any profession or line of work, but sadly it isn't. This notion of love kind of reminds me of Paulo Freire and his stand point on education.
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