ASPECTS OF THE EXPERIENCE OF GOING THROUGH THE RUSSIAN-UKRAINIAN WAR IN THE DIMENSIONS OF PLASTIC ARTS, ART PSYCHOLOGY, AND ART THERAPY

Abstract

The purpose of the article is to popularize the results of research on the very relevant issue of analyzing the experience of living through the Russian-Ukrainian war. The article deals with the scientific research in the field of philosophy, on the verge of the theory of plastic and musical arts, the methodology of their psychology, and the practice of receptive or active art therapy, pedagogy, and more. This results in creating a scientific discourse that is diverse in terms of theoretical foundations and methodological tools. It has considerable resources for a more complete description and reflection on the phenomenology of individual experiences as a result of crises, stresses, and psychological traumas of war; as well as for the search for modern methods and techniques to stabilize the emotional state and overcome the consequences of collective and individual traumatization. The article draws attention to the significant art-therapeutic potential of various types of visual and musical art as well as fiction, and the role of the latest means of communication in their popularization and dissemination of the wisdom of their use. Conclusions. The outline of aspects of the studied experience of going through war helps to better generalize it in the context of ethics and aesthetics, existential philosophy, and psychology, including the psychology of art; spiritual and aesthetic, art-therapeutic, cultural, and artistic practices; personality psychology; art history; communications, and more.