Don't just brainstorm, Artstorm
Levana Saxon says, many researchers found that brainstorming can reduce a group's creativity, but Artstorm has a better effect. Artstorming is that everyone improvises together with all the tools at hand and tries things out, no matter what look or sound good. She states the Artstorm is useful because it creates space for someone who is alienated from a verbal expression, and also good for fully engaging the creativity and honest expression. To design an Artstorm, it needs a simple question: "What art could we use to effectively tell x message to y audience to achieve z result?"
I do feel that many group work and brainstorm may reduce the creativity and effectiveness. First, there may be a power inside of a group, and not every member express their opinions openly and honestly, so there is not enough contribution from everyone. Second, not everyone used to speak loudly in a group and come up an idea with people.
I did a device piece in a New work Festival, I find that a quick improvise can help to break the boundary since everyone only thinks at a time. The designers make props and installations, actors and actress improve with the props, and director gives direction accordingly. This process evokes artist's skills and creative instinct. This process gives artists a space to play and express without pressure.
For my therapy project, according to Saxon's simple question: "What art could we use to effectively tell x message to y audience to achieve z result?" My answer is to use a space and an interaction to tell the patients to take off their bag of pressure and express themselves freely so that they can find another better attitude and angle to face tell difficulties.
I feel that a vocal therapy or a psychoanalysis consult is not enough. There must be some group body and act engagements. For example, a Horticultural therapy which is defined by the American Horticultural Therapy Association (AHTA) as the engagement of a person in gardening and plant-based activities, facilitated by a trained therapist, to achieve specific therapeutic treatment goals. The interaction will evoke freedom and honesty, and also give patients a space to forget about pressure.
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