Preface xiii
Acknowledgments xvii
Introduction 3

1. Drawing from Within: Rediscovering the Transformative Powers of Art 7
The Creative Enterprise as a Journey 7
Beyond Beauty and Novelty 8
Inside, Not Out 14
Toward Meaning, Not Beauty 19
On the Difficulty of "Capturing Life" 22
Exiting and Reentering the Ordinary World 26
Art and Life: A Necessary Isomorphism 34
Art and Unpredictability 36
Representation, Abstraction: A False Dichotomy 37

2. Advice to the Journeyman 42
No More Secondhand Art 42
Uncovering the Original Me 43
No One Knows Better Than You 45
Self-full, Not Selfish 47
Dreams: Our First and Native Language 48
A Map Is Not a Journey 49
See for Yourself 52
Am I Good Enough? 55
Beyond Right and Wrong 56
Beyond Interpretation 60
Neither Judgment nor Interpretation: Description 66
Seeking and Finding the World 74

3. Designing Creative Encounters 78
The Nature of the Encounter: Introductory Remarks 78
Elements of Transformative Rituals 78
Daring to Be New 80
On Not Knowing 80
Bearing Witness 82
Being There 85
You Are Both Agent and Subject of Change 86
Stopping the World 87
Solitude and Communion 88
Responding from Within 89
The Subject of Creative Encounters 90
Universal Application 91
Nonrhetorical 92
Depth Rather than Correctness 93
Beyond Memory and Illustration 95
Feelings 99
Sequencing 100
Timing 105
Approaching Closure 106
Closure 107

4. Twelve Creative Encounters 111
Introduction 111
Metaphoric Objects 113
Seeking Your Natural Mark 118
Going to the Infinite Well 124
Visual Dialogues 128
Forbidden Colors 132
Yin/Yang 137
To the Land of Peace and Well-Being: Guided Imagery 142
The Nub of You 149
Janus Masks 152
Eden Lost and Regained 157
Random Acts of Kindness, Senseless Gifts of Beauty 162
Becoming New 165

5. Media 169
Not Art Supplies—Media 169
Media and the Sacred 176
Media in the Service of Expression 177
Papers I Have Known 181

6. Commencement 184
Will You Join the Dance? 184
On Returning to Old Friends, in New Ways 185

Notes 189
References 191