Michele Cassou (born 27 September 1942) is an American painter, teacher, writer and author.
Biography Cassou is an artist who holds dual citizenship in France and the United States. She is known for her use of the "Point Zero Painting" technique. Her early works have been included in the Collection de l'art brut, a collection curated by Jean Dubuffet and permanently displayed in Lausanne.The Soul of Creativity, Edited by Tona Pearce Myers, 1999, p.2-6, "Collection de l'Art Brut, Jean Dubuffet's." http://www.rawvision.com/outsiderart/whatisoa.html
She began teaching in her early twenties, in Paris, Ottawa, Montreal, then in the United States, including San Francisco. She teaches the Point Zero Method and conducts workshops around the USA and Europe including: the Esalen Institute in Big Sur, California, the New York Open Center, the Mabel Dodge Luhan House in Taos, New Mexico, and various Zen centers.
Publications
She contributed an essay Inside the heartbeat of creation to the 1999 publication The soul of creativity : insights into the creative process ed. Tona Pierce Myers (Pub. New World Library)
Videos Cassou released several videos, including: Birth of a Process (1999) Creativity and Passion (1999) Point Zero: Insights and Images (2003) The Flowering of Children's Creativity (2006) Awakening of the Mystic (2009) Body, Sexuality, and Spirit (2010)
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