Journal article
Reading and writing poetically for well-being: Language as a field of energy in practice
Journal of Poetry Therapy, Vol.29(3), pp.161-174
2016
Abstract
While recently revisiting three years of post-workshop feedback from participants in a Writing and Poetry for Well-being program that I offered through a major medical center for cancer survivors as post-treatment rehabilitation, I realized that a concept I had developed for language pedagogy in 2005, namely that “language is a field of energy,” might serve to explain why the workshop participants (several of them returning across time) regarded the workshops as significantly transformative. The concept, “language as a field of energy,” appears to offer explanatory power for the therapeutic benefits of incorporating poetry reading and writing. In the process of engaging with language imaginatively and playfully, participants in a series of workshops I provided for a cancer survivorship arts-based program, found avenues for understanding the role of language in shaping and reinforcing what and how we think and feel.
Details
- Title
- Reading and writing poetically for well-being: Language as a field of energy in practice
- Authors/Creators
- A.O. Soter (Author/Creator) - The Ohio State University
- Publication Details
- Journal of Poetry Therapy, Vol.29(3), pp.161-174
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis
- Identifiers
- 991005542908707891
- Copyright
- © 2016 National Association for Poetry Therapy
- Murdoch Affiliation
- School of Education
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article
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