Mind and Body Transformations through Visual Art
Mind and Body Transformations through Visual Art
Author(s): Ann Millett-GallantSubject(s): Social Sciences, Fine Arts / Performing Arts, Visual Arts, Aesthetics, Sociology, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, Culture and social structure , Psychology of Self, Psychoanalysis, Health and medicine and law, Identity of Collectives
Published by: Universitatea Petrol-Gaze din Ploieşti
Keywords: traumatic brain injury; congenital amputee; art therapy; modern and contemporary art; Disability Studies;
Summary/Abstract: This essay narrates my experiences as a congenital amputee and survivor of traumatic brain injury (TBI) through analysis of artwork. With art history and art therapy, I have cathartically mediated conscious and corporeal loss. I will analyse key visual examples to illustrate my disability, trauma and mind/body transformations. The article maintains that trauma is not an isolated event, but a conscious, collective and dynamic phenomenon.
Journal: Word and Text, A Journal of Literary Studies and Linguistics
- Issue Year: VIII/2018
- Issue No: 01
- Page Range: 61-76
- Page Count: 16
- Language: English