Art Life Practice Blog
Your destination for all things related to art, culture, and creativity. From artist spotlights and to how-to guides to articles on the science of art and wellness, our goal is always to inspire by way of educating.
3 Science-backed Reasons Why Adults Love Coloring Books
3 Science-backed Reasons Why Adults Love Coloring Books It’s no secret that adult coloring books have become a very popular phenomenon in the past several years. This phenomenon has helped...
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...
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...
Doodling + The Brain: The many benefits of doodling
According to a 2016 Harvard Medical School study, doodling can change your physical and neurological experience in the moment, helping you go from a stressed or exhausted state to a...
5 ways A L P Kits can help improve your mental health
Mental health issues have become a global epidemic, affecting millions of people worldwide. I recently came across a book, Your Brain on Art: How the Arts Transforms Us, that speaks...
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...
Everyone can Benefit from Art Therapy
One could safely argue that we are living in truly unprecedented times. While our collective anxiety seems to rise by the day, we have always found art making to be an...
MIT Scientists Make the Case for Lifelong Kindergarten
The Lifelong Kindergarten Group at the MIT Media Lab spreads the spirit of kindergarten to learners of all ages and backgrounds. Researchers there argue that to thrive in today’s fast-changing...
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.
