• The expressive arts lead us into the unconscious. This often allows us to
express previously unknown facets of ourselves, thus bringing to light new
information and awareness.
• Art modes interrelate in what Natalie Rogers calls the “creative connection.”
When we move, it affects how we write or paint. When we write or
paint, it affects how we feel and think. During the creative connection
process, one art form stimulates and nurtures the other, bringing us to an
inner core or essence that is our life energy.
• A connection exists between our life force—our inner core, or soul—and
the essence of all beings. As we journey inward to discover our essence or
wholeness, we discover our relatedness to the outer world and the inner
and outer become one (N. Rogers, 1993, p. 7).
Natalie Rogers’s work is based on the philosophy and methods of personcentered
therapy, which she expanded by incorporating nonverbal forms of creative
expression. The same conditions that Carl Rogers and his colleagues found
basic to fostering a facilitative client–counselor relationship also help support
creativity. Personal growth takes place in a safe, supportive environment created
by facilitators (teachers, therapists, group leaders, parents, colleagues) who are
genuine, warm, empathic, open, honest, congruent, and caring—qualities that
are best learned by fi rst being experienced. Taking time to refl ect on and evaluate
these experiences allows for personal integration at many levels: intellectual,
emotional, physical, and spiritual (N. Rogers, 1993).
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