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A Final Project Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Diploma Program in
Process Work, Process Work Institute, Portland, OR, 2009
Local notes
http://www.processwork.org/files/Finalprojects/Starbear_A_November_2009.pdf
This creative project is a personal narrative that explores my life myth, altered states, and chronic pain through the lens of Process-oriented psychology. It specifically focuses on the creative artistic expressions and altered state experiences that emerged while I experienced severe chronic pain and fatigue, and it demonstrates how those experiences brought me to a deeper recognition, understanding, and integration of my life myth patterns. This project consists of three parts: my artwork and poetry, my presentation of the artwork, and this essay. In addition to describing all three components of the project, the essay also provides an overview of the Process-Oriented theories and methods relevant to my project, and it suggests potential contributions and future directions for research. While this essay is academic in nature, the narrative of my life myth is, above all else, a story. All myths are expressed through story, and my own myth is no different – it is a story that is both personal and collective in nature, and in the telling and sharing of it here, I hope that each reader may find something in it that resonates with their own story in some way.
This creative project is a personal narrative that explores my life myth, altered states, and chronic pain through the lens of Process-oriented psychology. It specifically focuses on the creative artistic expressions and altered state experiences that emerged while I experienced severe chronic pain and fatigue, and it demonstrates how those experiences brought me to a deeper recognition, understanding, and integration of my life myth patterns. This project consists of three parts: my artwork and poetry, my presentation of the artwork, and this essay. In addition to describing all three components of the project, the essay also provides an overview of the Process-Oriented theories and methods relevant to my project, and it suggests potential contributions and future directions for research. While this essay is academic in nature, the narrative of my life myth is, above all else, a story. All myths are expressed through story, and my own myth is no different – it is a story that is both personal and collective in nature, and in the telling and sharing of it here, I hope that each reader may find something in it that resonates with their own story in some way.