Rocks in the River

John Ollom's third book is founded on 22 years of movement, artistic teaching, and guidance. Ollom has expanded his methodology to bring in new embodied ways to find peace and vision in times of fear or change.  This is a perfect book for the artist, therapist, life coach, or healer.

John Ollom is well known for using archetypal movement that leads to art creation. In his first book, Internal Landscapes, he provides an extensive reference of the creation of his technique based on dance, movement art, Jungian depth psychology, the philosophy of Nietzsche and queer studies. Rocks in the River expands this methodology to bring in new embodied ways to find peace and vision in times of fear or change. The book is divided into three currents in the river, so we can navigate this metaphor together. It is a place where people are processing change and turmoil in their lives. Do they stay on the same rock they have known all their life? Do they give up and surrender to the overpowering currents? What complex is pulling them under? What current excites us? Ollom offers us a place of respite, an artistic vision of insight and revelation in this turbulent river journey. Through descriptions of his own work and research, Ollom helps us discover new ways to journey through stress and turmoil using an interdisciplinary approach. This is a perfect book for the artist, therapist, life coach, or healer.

John Ollom is a movement artist, teacher, choreographer/director and healer who has presented at symposiums, conferences, and colloquiums throughout the country and has worked with individual clients internationally. His methodology has been taught at the Eastern Michigan University (Artist in Residence), Kalani Retreat Center in Hawaii, Atmananda Yoga Sequence, Baruch College, CUNY Hostos, CUNY in the Heights, Easton Mountain Retreat Center, and Smith College. John received his MFA from Goddard College and his BFA in Ballet from Texas Christian University. He trained under Stephanie McFarlane Rand, Li Chou Cheng of Beijing Ballet, and Fernando Bujones of American Ballet Theatre and the Royal Ballet. Since 2002, John has served as the Artistic Director of Prismatic Productions, Inc./Ollom Art. John's work has been the subject of numerous articles and documentary films including: "Late Bloomers" by Annette Cyr, professor of Art at the National University in San Diego, "The Making of M.U.D.: An Exploration of the Work of John Ollom and Ollom Movement Art" by Robert Kazmayer, MA, "There's Something About John" by Emma McCagg, and in the Phindle.com article "About, or in, the Liminal Space: John Ollom at 954 Dance Movement Collective". You can learn more about him on ArtAsAir.com as a featured artist or on the Goddard in the World podcast or on the author page link.