The Creative Act As Inner Alchemy

What if creativity isn’t just expressive—but transformational? This reflection explores art-making as a deeply embodied process of inner change, drawing on principles from expressive arts therapy, Jungian psychology, and ritual studies. Through concepts like liminality, de-centering, and poiesis, it reframes the creative act as a symbolic threshold where personal insight and healing can emerge, not as outcomes we control, but as shifts that unfold through process, presence, and aesthetic engagement.

Muriel Hofmann-Forster /01.08.2025