Living Abstractly: Art and Imagination in Daily Life

This book delineates, in easy to read, outline, manifesto-like format, the aesthetic and philosophical implications of non-communicative abstract art. Founded by painter and sculptor Robert Strang, non-communicative art works in ways that demand active participation from the observer. Unlike many popular forms of fine art in his era (from Abstract Expressionism to Conceptual Art), Strang’s intention is to create completely non-referential objects that take the viewer in new directions; directions that grow directly out of the observer’s psychological response to the object.

This book represents over thirty years of collaborative effort between Robert Strang and David Klugman, who have worked together with the intention of clarifying the meaning and value that non-communicative art can offer, not only to the individual, but to the culture at large. A challenging text in many ways, readers will find themselves delighted by the innovative ways in which Strang and Klugman delineate their various arguments and perspectives.

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The Feeling Life: Reclaiming Your Emotional Vitality and Purpose

In this book David Klugman, MA, MS, LCSW, has developed a theory, or series of ideas, all of which emphasize and illuminate the primacy of human feeling – not only in psychotherapy but in Life. Through case studies, literary reviews, self-disclosures and creative interludes, Klugman brings together a variety of ideas in the service of communicating his core belief in the centrality and inevitable significance of what he refers to as The Feeling Life. A brief quote from the epilogue sums up his position well: “It is not that things and achievements don’t matter. They do matter – they matter a lot. But just what things will seed our authentic growth, what achievements we genuinely need in order to become more of what and who we truly are, can only ever clarify themselves when we adhere to the simple - but not always easy - practice of feeling first.”

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