Art as Therapy by Alain de Botton My rating: 5 of 5 stars Alain de Botton is such an interesting writer. When I am reading his writing, I feel very calm, like everything will be okay and there is nothing to worry about. It is very lulling. I really enjoyed this book. The artworks which he prints in this book are in colour unlike in 'therapeutic journey', where they are in black and white! I found this an annoying point about 'therapeutic journey'. I love art and going to galleries, as well as therapy (lol) and so it was really interesting how Botton incorporated the two. I was interested for a while in studying Art Therapy as a Masters programme, and it never really occurred to me that the therapy can be simply in the viewing rather than the creating of art. I thought the way he hinted at how museums can be rearranged was very interesting, having different kind of 'mood rooms', and moving through the museum like moving through...
Art as Therapy by Alain de Botton
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