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A little about ourselvesJulian, with the help of art therapist Pamela, is on a mission to showcase the importance of making art to create happiness....and all the other emotions that follow along with creativity. The exercise they conduct has the subjects answer a happiness questionnaire... exposing their level of happiness prior to the art making experiment. Each subject is asked to list the things that make them happy and to associate a colour with each of them. Through painting the different colours of their lives, they were exposed to a reflective state of mind while painting creatively. Levels of happiness were considerably higher after the art exercise was concluded.
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Can Art be Medicine?
Since the beginning of time art and the creative energy behind it has captured our imagination, energized us, comforted us, and inspired us. Creative expression has an undeniable power providing insight into what it means to be human. Is there something about creativity…how we engage with it and share it with others…that can actually improve our health? Can art be medicine?
The Foundation for Arts & Healing has created a great video that fits in perfectly with the Art Therapy motto of “inspiring others to create.” The video offers some great testimonials from people that have directly benefited from creating their chosen form of art. The video discusses some of the benefits of creative expression and art, but also talks about how we still have a long way to go before this is a more accepted form of therapy and healing. At the same time, the video starts off by saying how art has been woven into the fabric of every culture and society throughout history. |
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