Making-sense of Poietic Presense in Arts Therapy and Education

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Creative Arts Educ Ther (2018) 4(2):139–148 DOI: 10.15212/CAET/2018/4/21

Making-sense of Poietic Presense in Arts Therapy and Education

Abstract

In this arts-based living inquiry, I attempt to make-sense of my orientation towards poiesis and presense as an a/r/t/s-based practitioner – where I disrupt the word ‘a/r/t/s’ to illuminate my roles as artist / researcher / therapist and teacher / and supervisor. I indwell with several personal hauntings that feel relevant and use story-telling, arts-making, poetic writing and conversations with relevant authors to read the bones that scaffold my practice of poietic presense.