Dorothy Bohntinsky

Sustenance Dorothy Bohntinsky

What can you do the next time you see rock art? The answer lies within this book by offering a unique way for viewing rock art that is stimulating, thought provoking, and inspires positive creative expression. What is known for sure about these mysterious petroglyphs and pictographs is that they must not be touched in order to assure preservation. Yet, rock art has a mysterious way of touching visitors by provoking feelings and inspiring imagination. Here you will find the ingenious blend of academic learning theory and strategies for reasoning that integrates emotional literacy (EQ), knowledge (IQ), and creativity for inspiring artistic expression to Native American rock art. The author, a speech language pathologist, models the richness of this approach by including her narrative free verse poetic contemplation to black and white rock art photography. In this way, this book is actually a workbook that guides you in a self-learning process for creative writing that blends feelings, emotions, and personal knowledge to create immediate solutions and plans for implementation. The book explains this unique approach as engaged learning through creative integration. Its purpose is to guide adolescents and adults towards experiencing confidence in talent, performance, and self-efficacy. Clear guidelines for integrating creativity lead you step-by-step. The author not only includes clear instructions for the process, she models the approach by sharing many of her insightful reflections to rock art with the purpose of inspiring your own thinking. The inclusion of narrative reflections in poetic cadence of voice demonstrates how blending this integrative approach with black and white images of ancient rock art can offer sustenance to the body, mind, and spirit through its capacity to stimulate feelings, inspire reflection, evoke new impressions, generate innovative questions, and produce practical solutions. Finally, it includes worksheets for you to use for practice with rock art images and worksheets for assessing your progress in integrating creativity within the arts as well academics. It is a provocative book that teaches how to view rock art in a way that highly respects these ancient artists and the settings in which their images reside.