FOREWORD BY CORRINE GLESNE 11
Walking a wooded trail in the spring in the Appalachian
Mountains, I am sometimes fortunate to come upon a pink lady slipper
in bloom, an endangered orchid of enticing beauty. Some people try
to dig up these rare plants to add to their own gardens, but doing so
kills them. This wild little flower depends upon a specific fungus in
the soil for its survival. Nature-Based Expressive Arts Therapy: Integrating
the Expressive Arts and Ecotherapy , like the lady slipper, is a rare kind of
text, a work of beauty and a testament to the interconnections among
all forms of life. In these times, when fear seems to be a primary
motivator, a book like this is an unexpected journey into what is
sacred and possible, into how we can move into a spirit of hope and
act with courage, beauty and creativity.
Corrine Glesne, author of Becoming Qualitative Researchers