Abstract
Recently, I have been privileged to be on staff at a
retreat and reflection center in Ossining, New York, and
have been involved in providing processes using art media
as an adjunct to retreats and workshops held there. I
have witnessed the powerful role human imagination can
have in a person’s spiritual journey during a retreat, and
realized, that through creative process, individuals can
gain self-awareness, and often work out difficult
resolutions to conflict. This experience has shown me how
the creative process provides links between the inner and
outer world, and how these links assist in personal
growth. Because of this experience, my pastoral concern is
that people have ways of tapping into these rich sources
of God given creativity, and to use them as a means of
enriching their spiritual lives. In light of this pastoral
concern, my goal will be to provide a methodology where
the creative process can be utilized as an adjunct to
theological reflection
