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Masters thesis, York St John University.  \nDownloaded from: [http://ray.yorksj.ac.uk/id/eprint/9423/](http://ray.yorksj.ac.uk/id/eprint/9423/)  \nResearch at York St John (RaY) is an institutional repository. It supports the principles of open access by making the research outputs of the University available in digital form. Copyright of the items stored in RaY reside with the authors and/or other copyright owners. Users may access full text items free of charge, and may download a copy for private study or non-commercial research. For further reuse terms, see licence terms governing individual outputs. Institutional Repository Policy Statement  \nRaY  \nResearch at the University of York St John  \nFor more information please contact RaY at [ray@yorksj.ac.uk](ray@yorksj.ac.uk)  \nOn Encountering the Divine in the Act of Drawing  \nmatilde gliubich tomat  \nSubmitted in accordance with the requirements for the degree of  \nPractice-led MA by Research  \nYork St John University – School of the Arts  \nSeptember 2023  \nThe candidate confirms that the work submitted is their own and that appropriate credit has been given where reference has been made to the work of others.  \nThis copy has been supplied on the understanding that it is copyright material. Any reuse must comply with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 and any licence under which this copy is released.  \n© 2023 York St John University and Matilde Gliubich Tomat  \nThe right of Candidate’s Name to be identified as Author of this work has been asserted by them in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.  \n[acknowledgements]  \nThe three of us found a discerned multitude with endless patience:  \ndr Tilo Reifenstein (Academic Supervisor), Darren Taylor (Clinical Supervisor), Revd Paul Payton (Spiritual Director), and Simon Coulson. They kept me grounded, focused, and inspired.  \nI would also like to thank all the people who pushed me to test my limits and confirmed I could do it all by myself, while giving me the freedom to listen to that voice within which always knows.  \n[abstract]  \nThe aim of this research was to define, circumscribe, and contextualise my drawing practice and understand its “encounter with the divine” while looking for a framework that would validate those experiences.  \nWhile I noticed how most of the literature always points back to the artefact as the means to understand the method and the artist, I used drawing followed by a self-reflective journaling system to explore the processual part of the practice with regards to these spiritual experiences. Once I realised that both performativity and in-the-zoneness were providing incomplete answers, materiality presented a connection to alchemy which offered a means to reading my drawing experience.  \nThe findings confirmed the spiritual experiences, but also indicated that among all the assessable parameters, at the conjuncture between the Artist, the Material, and the Work, there is always something elusive and ineffable.  \n[contents]  \n[acknowledgements] .......................................................................................................................................... iii  \n[abstract] .................................................................................................................................................................... iv  \n[contents] ................................................................................................................................................................... v  \n[images] ....................................................................................................................................................................... vi  \nintroduction ................................................................................................................................................................... 1","cbCaimRPXulJg4su","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaimRPXulJg4su","pdf",1288191,46,"English","# introduction\n## on the three of us – or: introducing the research\n## [outlining]\n## [methodology]\n## on moving\n## embodying\n## materiality\n## and then…\n## conclusions\n## [reference list]","[{\"question\":\"What is the primary aim of the research?\",\"answer\":\"The research aims to define, circumscribe, and contextualise the author’s drawing practice and to understand its “encounter with the divine” through a validating framework.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the author study the drawing practice?\",\"answer\":\"The study uses drawing together with a self-reflective journaling system to explore the processual part of the practice in relation to spiritual experiences.\"},{\"question\":\"What do the findings suggest about the artist, material, and work?\",\"answer\":\"The findings confirm spiritual experiences and indicate that, at the conjuncture between Artist, Material, and Work, something elusive and ineffable always remains.\"}]","On Encountering the Divine in the Act of Drawing | PDF",1789647733,116]