Courageous Creative Conquerors

WHO is a Courageous, Creative Conqueror? Are you?

Everyone experiences bumps in the road on this extraordinary journey of life. But, a Courageous, Creative Conqueror knows how to use the expressive arts (music, art, dance, creative writing, videography, home decorating, craft-making, etc.) as an effective coping strategy to manage stress, release blocked emotions, and embrace joy. Creative expression is essential to our successful navigation of life''s rocky road.

Jean Voice Dart is a Certified Expressive Arts Grief and Trauma Coach and Therapist and a Credentialed Art, Music, and Creative Writing Teacher. She knows the transformational power of the expressive arts and shares the efforts of forty-eight survivors and thrivers from eleven countries, representing a wide range of ages, cultures, and life experiences. The art pages include mixed media, photography, needlework, quilts, glass art, acrylic and oil painting, dance, music lyrics, and graphic art.

ARE YOU READY to delve deeper and "feel and heal" through the arts? If so, this book is for you. Experience Svetlana Bektaš''s padlocks covered with raindrops, and feel her powerful message in the photographic art, "Please Open My Heart," or relax and escape to Jay Anderson''s uplifting landscape in "Loving Autumn by the Lake." Discover the frozen rose of Randy Fox and the poetry of Ramson Acheme in their collaborative work, "The Stolen Me." Open your heart to Vicky Fueyo''s Underground Railroad quilt, entitled "Escape to Freedom." Then ask yourself, "What memories and feelings are stirring within me?" Jean encourages you to 1. witness, 2. create, and 3. share your experiences with stunning art pages, creative writing, and photography in this inspirational collaborative art book.

WITHIN THESE PAGES is a golden gem specially designed for you, and you, in turn, are encouraged to create and share your uniqueness with the world. When you bravely explore, discover, identify, and release feelings through the expressive arts, YOU are a courageous, creative conqueror. Welcome home!