We became curious about how the arts might help. So, we talked with artists to learn how their creative process in making art directly relates to helping them engage with some of life’s most tender topics. Then, we took what we learned and created exercises using those concepts to help you do the same.
How can we develop our capacity for talking about what’s hard in life when we naturally want to avoid the discomfort it causes?
We became curious about how the arts might help. So, we talked with artists to learn how their creative process in making art directly relates to helping them engage with some of life’s most tender topics. Then, we took what we learned and created exercises using those concepts to help you do the same.
How does ART help?
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Art can inspire and educate. It can expand your mind and open your heart. Engaging with art can create fresh and safe spaces for exploring topics that, on their own, might be too challenging to face head on.
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Art can inspire and educate. It can expand your mind and open your heart. Engaging with art can create fresh and safe spaces for exploring topics that, on their own, might be too challenging to face head on.
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Making art requires certain skills that can directly transfer to how we deal with what we experience in life – both difficulties and joys.
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Making art requires certain skills that can directly transfer to how we deal with what we experience in life – both difficulties and joys.
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By exploring how artists talk about the tools they use in creating their art, and by practicing those skills, we get better at navigating life, including hard conversations.
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By exploring how artists talk about the tools they use in creating their art, and by practicing those skills, we get better at navigating life, including hard conversations.
