During this still technological journey a parallel realizations in relation to expressive art therapy have provoked my mind. They are may be a result of my experiential work with Dementia Clients using inter modal approach to therapy. The art forms have become more inseparable with every session and experiment, my perception on the human being is constantly evolving, breaking my own mental and emotional restrictions. Simultaneously to my pilot research which investigates the affects of integrative expressive art therapy on clients with Cognitive memory impairment in a single case study. For a month every day the client has attended 2 hour of therapy session: music, movement, art making and verbalization. Also, there is art-based research process taking place, where I am the subject of the the study. The intention is explore the knowing of the body. This was provoked by my observation that even in the most advanced stage of Alzheimer's, where the short term memory is lost as well as most of the long term memory, in relation to sound (music) the body follows and can facilitate rhythmically responsive movements. Amazing! These some recent thoughts....about body knowing...
*“…the body (memory) knowing does not follow the inescapable process of brain deterioration, which significantly affects initially in the process the short term memory. On some level the body stands independently preserving its intelligence and memory much longer (or until the end), then the brain as independent structure. This brings a thought of the quantum physics and the theory of the holographic nature of the universe and on the micro level the human brain.”
* “…based on the holographic process that the brain is a holographic system and memory is spread, distributed in every part of the brain, with no specific location. I tend to belief from my work that, this also is the case in relation to body memory. Every physical part of the body has its own local memory area. This is quite important, when we look at what we call memory lost, because we usually “officially” refer to rational memory that in its cord is the ability to preserve simple lineal information, mainly in facts and to recall it when necessary”.
* “…the visual-spatial memory can be enhance and awaken throughout the creative process and have an effect on improving rational memory. The pathway of remembering images seems to have a different happening and evolves emotionality. This is another dimension about the relation of thought and feeling/emotion, the feeling as a basic physical expression of the heart and the thought as a basic expression of the mind and their role in the unique dance of the creative process.”
* “Emotions are in the glue (the container) to connect or establish memory within the being. I have observed that even in older adults with deeply deteriorated short term memory, recent memories could still be established in the brain, as long as, there are experienced with very strong emotional presence (positive or negative), could be also defined as “emotionally charged memories. In the same time authentic expression could mainly be achieved when, the creative process bypasses the mind, and connects to the emotional energy.
* “The parietal lobe has the function to coordinate experiences of the body in real and imagined space. In the same time authentic expression could mainly be achieved when, the creative process bypasses the mind, and connects to the emotional energy..
* “Dance interlinks art-making and memory. Movement invites making new memories and forgetting background memories.”
* “…based on the holographic process that the brain is a holographic system and memory is spread, distributed in every part of the brain, with no specific location. I tend to belief from my work that, this also is the case in relation to body memory. Every physical part of the body has its own local memory area. This is quite important, when we look at what we call memory lost, because we usually “officially” refer to rational memory that in its cord is the ability to preserve simple lineal information, mainly in facts and to recall it when necessary”.
* “…the visual-spatial memory can be enhance and awaken throughout the creative process and have an effect on improving rational memory. The pathway of remembering images seems to have a different happening and evolves emotionality. This is another dimension about the relation of thought and feeling/emotion, the feeling as a basic physical expression of the heart and the thought as a basic expression of the mind and their role in the unique dance of the creative process.”
* “Emotions are in the glue (the container) to connect or establish memory within the being. I have observed that even in older adults with deeply deteriorated short term memory, recent memories could still be established in the brain, as long as, there are experienced with very strong emotional presence (positive or negative), could be also defined as “emotionally charged memories. In the same time authentic expression could mainly be achieved when, the creative process bypasses the mind, and connects to the emotional energy.
* “The parietal lobe has the function to coordinate experiences of the body in real and imagined space. In the same time authentic expression could mainly be achieved when, the creative process bypasses the mind, and connects to the emotional energy..
* “Dance interlinks art-making and memory. Movement invites making new memories and forgetting background memories.”
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