Nov 23, 2024
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2023-2024
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OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2023-2024 [Archived Catalog]

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THAR 2120 - Mindfulness and Creativity

Mindfulness refines the quality of our attention to the present moment. In this course, students cultivate presence and explore the creative process through meditation, collaborative practice and research. They develop a daily mindful practice through experiential learning and doing. Practices include Yoga, Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction exercises, and various forms of meditation. Students apply mindfulness to their own creative process and work on a creative project of their choice. The course emphasizes the creative process over the final project, developing awareness of how mindfulness informs the creative process. Students cultivate creative collaboration and critical analysis by analyzing a work of art in teams. They research the historical and cultural context of the work and devise a short group project based on their findings. Readings might include texts by Anne Bogart, Chogyam Trungpa, John Cage, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Dr. Kabat-Zinn, Sharon Salzberg, Julia Cameron and Liz Lerman’s Critical Response Theory.

Credit Hours: 3
OHIO BRICKS Bridge: Ethics and Reasoning
General Education Code (students who entered prior to Fall 2021-22): 2FA
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:
  • Students will be able to apply mindfulness techniques to creating artistic work
  • Students will be able to practice an effective stress reduction technique and apply it to thinking deliberately
  • Students will be able to craft and evaluate their work through diverse methodologies
  • Students will be able to analyze and interpret a work of art
  • Students will be able to identify and articulate the cultural and historical significance of a work of art
  • Students will be able to effectively contribute to team meetings and teamwork
  • Students will be able to take space and make space for fruitful collaboration
  • Students will be able to create and maintain community agreements and employ constructive conflict resolution vocabulary to work through conflict

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