On Our Mind: Thoughts from Mark & Michelle Dean
by Michelle Dean 09-10-2014 | 5:48PDT | Comments (2)
Decorated paste papers, as described in Paste papers: The How To…, may used in a multitude of educational and therapeutic applications. Using the slick and flexible pigments can facilitate abstract and playful imagery as well as lessen anxiety and encourage creative flow (Chilton, 2013). The less structured, or sometimes referred to as regressive elements, inherent […]
by Michelle Dean 04-09-2014 | 2:35PDT | Comments (2)
For centuries, artisans have been decorating papers by drawing designs in colored paste (Maurer). Paste papers are lovely way to create easy decorative papers, which may be admired on their own, incorporated into drawings or utilized in a variety of contexts such as collage, book binding, and scrapbooking. They lend themselves to a multitude of educational […]
by Michelle Dean 29-06-2014 | 12:33PDT | Comments (0)
Food prices go up, gas goes up, your utility bills go up, your insurance premiums go up, your office rent goes up, as well as taxes, and, well, pretty much everything else related to your cost of living goes up, but how easily do you ask for a raise when you are in private practice […]
by Michelle Dean 06-06-2014 | 5:47PDT | Comments (18)
I am often consulted for advice from art therapists regarding professional questions and concerns. Here is one, from an art therapist in a major metropolitan city in the US. She has given me permission to share this because she and I both felt it an important topic to contemplate and discuss. Question: “I was asked […]
by Michelle Dean 28-04-2014 | 3:30PDT | Comments (0)
In terms of relationships and the ability to bridge at least two terrains, I personally like Hermes as a possible mascot for art therapy. All humor aside, Hermes was most commonly described as a Greek Olympian god of boundaries and travelers who cross them. He was a translator and messenger from the gods (the spiritual […]
by Michelle Dean 20-03-2014 | 5:34PDT | Comments (0)
by Michelle L. Dean I am often asked how I became an art therapist and my best answer is that it was a marriage of passions: Art and working with others. I came to this realization at a young age. I had always been interested in art, drawing, painting, calligraphy, you name it, I was […]
by Michelle Dean 20-03-2014 | 5:33PDT | Comments (2)
The quote “Hardening of the categories leads to art disease” is attributed to Kenneth Snelson, and his defiance to define his work as science or art. He described his work, a cross between aesthetic vision and the scientific inspiration behind the engineering of his sculptures, which defy the neat categorization of art or science. Art […]
