Inner Expression By Drawing

Author: Cross M//Shibuya H
Affiliation:
Art Therapy Promotion Committee of Japan (Tokyo, Japan)
Conference/Journal: J Intl Soc Life Info Science
Date published: 2002
Other: Volume ID: 20 , Issue ID: 2 , Pages: 658-661 , Word Count: 72


We analysed 400 inner expression picture samples given a theme of a certain emotion to see if there are common tendencies in their colors or forms. The themes we chose were anger, anxiety, or joy as we thought subjects can easily imagine something with them. We found one group showing all three themes as abstract drawings and another group showing them as concrete drawings. All subjects showed a common tendency in their drawings.

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