“Tears on the Flowers” Worldwide Natural Experiments of Art Healing

Article Information

Creative Arts Educ Ther (2020) 6(1):6–12 DOI: 10.15212/CAET/2020/6/19

“Tears on the Flowers” Worldwide Natural Experiments of Art Healing

“花溅泪” 全球艺术疗愈的自发性实验

Shaun McNiff

Lesley University, USA

Abstract

This is an introductory article to the special issue of the journal dealing with COVID-19. It explores how the pandemic underscores the interdependence of the world community and the role of artistic expression as a spontaneous response to the crisis. The global presentation of these creations on the Internet offers an unprecedented natural experiment which invites close examination of the nature of art healing and its life-affirming role in transforming a threat to all people. The expressions offer what the author, an originator of art-based research, decribes as “art evidence” which speaks convincingly for itself. Artistic expression is presented as an eco-system of reciprocal relations that makes new life during difficult times.

Keywords: natural experiments, neidan (inner alchemy), art healing, art evidence, coronavirus, ­COVID-19, Internet, interdependence, formative tendency, eco-system of creation

摘要

这是CAET期刊新冠疫情（COVID-19）特刊的导言。文章探讨了这次全球性流行病如何突显国际社会相互依存的重要性以及艺术表达作为一种自发性回应危机的方式发挥的作用。全球各地在互联网上展示作品，前所未有地提供了一次自发性实验的机会，促使人们仔细审视艺术疗愈的本质，以及它在全人类面临威胁时鼓舞人心的作用。作者开创了基于艺术的研究方法，这些表达方式体现了本人所描述的 "艺术实证”，作品本身极具说服力。人们通过艺术表达呈显出一种互惠关系的生态系统，在艰难时期创造了新的生活方式。

关键词： 自发性实验，内丹（内在炼金术），艺术疗愈，艺术实证，冠状病毒，新型冠状病毒肺炎（COVID-19），互联网，相互依存，形成倾向，创作生态系统