Stories Of My Art

Download or read book Stories of My Art written by Sibel Ozer and published by . This book was released on 2021-11-30 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Stories of My Art: Contemplations of an artist, psychotherapist and spiritual seeker, Ozer shares her insights from her life as a therapist, thoughts on mindfulness, inquiries into various archetypes, and contemplations on the psyche, nature, and people, in a down to earth, conversational manner.Each story comes with a nugget of wisdom on the topic she is sharing and is accompanied by an original painting by the author. There is synchronicity to the relationship between the written word and the art in that they feed off of and inform one another, and bring dimensionality to the concepts discussed. Hers is not a practice of art for the sake of art making, but rather art in service of generating contemplation, empathy, and a sense of connectedness with the unconscious, collective unconsciousness, and transpersonal realms. Some of the concepts Ozer explores include: wisdom, mystery, art therapy, mindfulness, Goddesses that are approached as archetypes, shapeshifting, nature, flexibility, the continuum of habituation vs. gratitude, the fabric of life, time, psychological dynamics, self-love, loss, courage, resilience, and friendship. Ozer is not a philosopher, but seems to have no trouble philosophizing on topics that have relevance for the layperson, extending her audience beyond her profession to include us all.