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Freeing us from pandemic alienation: Tea-based online expressive arts therapy
- Source: Journal of Applied Arts & Health, Volume 12, Issue Art-Based Research in Health and Well-Being During the Pandemic, Dec 2021, p. 327 - 338
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- 06 Apr 2021
- 20 Sep 2021
- 01 Dec 2021
Abstract
This article creatively presents a framework of conducting expressive arts therapy online during the COVID-19 pandemic. The aim is to help people tap into the four modes of being through multimodal arts to respond to the alienation in each of them due to the pandemic. Tea, which has similarities with watercolour but is more natural and easily accessible, serves as the core art material in the creative process. This article includes experience of the participants who voluntarily joined a one-off online workshop, giving a clearer picture of the therapeutic process and changes. The relevance of tea to the four modes of being is discussed, and the ways in which the framework can be implemented are explored.
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