How Art Making can support grief recovery
There are varying degrees of trauma ranging from PTSD and chronic illness, to feeling overwhelmed and pressured by the destabilizing, chaotic world we live in. Further, we all experience loss...
Notes from the Studio
Make Art and Increase Brain Plasticity
In the most basic terms, brain plasticity or neuroplasticity is the brain’s capacity to continue growing and evolving in response to life experiences. Plasticity is the capacity to be shaped,...
A love letter to Your Brain on Art: How the Arts Transforms Us
“When the arts become a regular practice- the way you might improve nutrition, increase exercise, and prioritize sleep - you unleash an innate tool that helps you navigate the peaks...
The Secret to Happiness? Being in a state of FLOW
Psychologist Dr. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi argues in his 2004 TED Talk (viewed by almost six million people at this point) that the moments when we feel happiest and most fulfilled personally...
Fun Feels Good (and it's good for us)!
In a recent New York Times article, researcher and author Catherine Price presents her findings on what precisely makes us feel most engaged and alive. It turns out that, “Many people...
Eat, Sleep, Exercise, Make Art
In his weekly column “How to Build a Life” featured in The Atlantic Magazine, social scientist Arthur Brooks explores themes of well being, purpose and meaning.
