An artwork in the field of human development inspired by Anthroposophy
The panel offer a vision of one’s life unfolding in images that together form a vast artistic composition (watercolor on paper, 1m x 90cm).
By painting the images of their own biography as a single, unified whole, and then contemplating this visual journey, the individual feels inwardly supported and strengthened to meet the growing call for self-awareness at the threshold of the expanding human consciousness of our time.
The panels are created after the person has gathered and reflected upon the memories and feelings that shape their life story. This artistic experience brings forth a liberating state of consciousness, opening the way for essential questions:
Where did I come from? What have I become? What are my visions for the future?
Rudolf Steiner spoke of the mission of art as a bridge between spirit and matter. In his lectures on the arts, he described artistic practice as a modern path of initiation, through which the artist becomes a co-creator with the divine, transforming spiritual insight into visible form. https://rsarchive.org/Lectures/GA276
The panel is created in three stages:
- The architectural structure and environment of each stage of life
- The most significant encounters throughout life
- The most meaningful or celebrated actions and achievements.
The painting gradually emerges as a unique and living work of art. The painter perceives the panel spread out before their eyes as a window into another level of self-consciousness.
Rudolf Steiner traced the schooling’s path of anthroposophy as a life’s work — one in which, as Marie Steiner writes in the introduction to The Gospel of St. John.
“Belief may be changed into knowledge, and unbelief into understanding https://rsarchive.org/Lectures/GA103
Art, in this sense — as inspired by anthroposophy — can be the realm that reunites science and religion, through the brilliance of concepts, the beauty of form, and the interplay of light and darkness, of color and line.
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Edna Andrade – I am an art therapist and biographical counselor from Brazil.
I am a co-pioneer of both the Brazilian Biographical Training Program and the Art Therapy Training Program. In the past, I worked at the Artemisia Human Development Center from its early days until its closure. Until recently, I maintained my private practice at the Tobias Clinic—now the Anthroposophical Clinic— (https://aclinicaantroposofica.com.br/) the pioneering center for anthroposophical medicine and therapy in São Paulo. I have written numerous articles and delivered lectures on art therapy and the biographical laws of human development. I have also contributed to national and international conferences on these subjects.
I am the author of:
Let’s talk about life – Vamos falar sobre a vida? Cia das Letras Publisher, Sao Paulo, Brazil
The Meditative Journey Through the Twelve Holy Nights – A Jornada Meditativa das 12 Noites Santas Anthroposophical Publisher, Sao Paulo Brasil
For more access the profile: https://ednandrade.wordpress.com/about/ or email: bioarte.ea@gmail.com
Edna Andrade 