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Art & Mental Health, by seamusdorey on Oct 30, 2019 17:01:41 GMT 1, It is widely recognised that practicing visual Arts can have a significant positive effect on mental health, how do members feel their collections improve and help their mental health? Perhaps you feel it doesn't?
Perhaps you have a favourite work in your collection that you just have to start, or end, your day looking at?
What impact, if any, do you think it would have on you if someone told you that you could no longer display art in your home and had to live with bare walls?
Do you have a piece that you always associate with a particularly time in your life, perhaps divorce, or a momentous occasion such as the birth of a child? How does looking at the piece make you feel?
(I'm not talking about the obvious monetary implications of losing your collection, or indeed the cost of putting a collection together.)
How do the artists of the forum feel if they have been unable to make art for long periods of time?
I am just interested in what members think on the subject. Here is an interesting link to stimulate your thoughts: www.mentalhealth.org.uk/blog/how-arts-can-help-improve-your-mental-health
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It is widely recognised that practicing visual Arts can have a significant positive effect on mental health, how do members feel their collections improve and help their mental health? Perhaps you feel it doesn't? Perhaps you have a favourite work in your collection that you just have to start, or end, your day looking at? What impact, if any, do you think it would have on you if someone told you that you could no longer display art in your home and had to live with bare walls? Do you have a piece that you always associate with a particularly time in your life, perhaps divorce, or a momentous occasion such as the birth of a child? How does looking at the piece make you feel? (I'm not talking about the obvious monetary implications of losing your collection, or indeed the cost of putting a collection together.) How do the artists of the forum feel if they have been unable to make art for long periods of time? I am just interested in what members think on the subject. Here is an interesting link to stimulate your thoughts: www.mentalhealth.org.uk/blog/how-arts-can-help-improve-your-mental-health [Moderators, please move if in the wrong place; perhaps to another forum? ] |
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Art & Mental Health, by chevyav53 on Oct 30, 2019 17:27:40 GMT 1, If you want even more on the subject of art for mental health take a look at the field of Art Therapy. My wife is a licensed Art Therapist and works with kids that have anger/emotional issues. Tough job buy she loves it and her field.
We were just talking about how to get her private practice started as it has been growing interest in this digital world to disconnect through creative processes.
arttherapy.org/about-art-therapy/
If you want even more on the subject of art for mental health take a look at the field of Art Therapy. My wife is a licensed Art Therapist and works with kids that have anger/emotional issues. Tough job buy she loves it and her field. We were just talking about how to get her private practice started as it has been growing interest in this digital world to disconnect through creative processes. arttherapy.org/about-art-therapy/ |
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Art & Mental Health, by seamusdorey on Nov 27, 2019 15:11:44 GMT 1, Thank you for sharing that link. This was particularly interesting to read:
columbian.gwu.edu/color-me-cautious-don’t-mistake-adult-coloring-books-art-therapy
If you want even more on the subject of art for mental health take a look at the field of Art Therapy. My wife is a licensed Art Therapist and works with kids that have anger/emotional issues. Tough job buy she loves it and her field. We were just talking about how to get her private practice started as it has been growing interest in this digital world to disconnect through creative processes. arttherapy.org/about-art-therapy/
Thank you for sharing that link. This was particularly interesting to read: columbian.gwu.edu/color-me-cautious-don’t-mistake-adult-coloring-books-art-therapyIf you want even more on the subject of art for mental health take a look at the field of Art Therapy. My wife is a licensed Art Therapist and works with kids that have anger/emotional issues. Tough job buy she loves it and her field. We were just talking about how to get her private practice started as it has been growing interest in this digital world to disconnect through creative processes. arttherapy.org/about-art-therapy/ |
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Art & Mental Health, by ashley123 on Apr 4, 2021 17:18:02 GMT 1, This is a great piece of information. And I agree that it was interesting to read about the therapy. Thanks for sharing! My sister suffers from depression. The prescribed pills make her brain foggy, so she avoids taking them. She replaced them with Gold Bee CBD oil (fortunately, it works for her). But what helps her the best is painting. She can spend hours (sometimes at night) drawing and painting. I'm so happy it distracts her from other thoughts. I'll share the link with her. Maybe she will be interested and work with the Art Therapist.
This is a great piece of information. And I agree that it was interesting to read about the therapy. Thanks for sharing! My sister suffers from depression. The prescribed pills make her brain foggy, so she avoids taking them. She replaced them with Gold Bee CBD oil (fortunately, it works for her). But what helps her the best is painting. She can spend hours (sometimes at night) drawing and painting. I'm so happy it distracts her from other thoughts. I'll share the link with her. Maybe she will be interested and work with the Art Therapist. |
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Art & Mental Health, by trapnel1 on Apr 4, 2021 18:56:41 GMT 1, Whenever I feel depressed or overwhelmed with things, I used to go to London and sit in the Mark Rothko room at Tate Modern. As a hardened atheist, I guess it's similar to how religious people feel sitting in a church. I think Simon Schama sums it up beautifully in this short YouTube clip.
The Rothko Chapel in Houston is a fantastic place...... spent an hour their on my own one very hot July day a few years ago, which was very close to a spiritual experience.
Whenever I feel depressed or overwhelmed with things, I used to go to London and sit in the Mark Rothko room at Tate Modern. As a hardened atheist, I guess it's similar to how religious people feel sitting in a church. I think Simon Schama sums it up beautifully in this short YouTube clip.
The Rothko Chapel in Houston is a fantastic place...... spent an hour their on my own one very hot July day a few years ago, which was very close to a spiritual experience.
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