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How Both Creating and Purchasing Art Can Affect Mental Health

How Both Creating and Purchasing Art Can Affect Mental Health

Art has a powerful effect on both its creators and its admirers. Like most things we enjoy, art can calm, ground, and relieve stress. There have been studies on the effects of creating art and purchasing art on a person’s mental health. Here’s what we know about the relationship between art and mental well-being. How

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Art As Therapy — Personality Theory And The Three Self’s

Art as Therapy — Personality Theory And The Three Self’s

In our last installment, we discussed the early development of the self and how your upbringing can affect your adult self. In this article, we will consider the basic components of the self, including the three self’s: Past self Present self Future self Personality Theory The psychologist Carl Rogers was known for his theory of

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Art As Therapy – Improve Your Emotional Responses With Art Therapy Exercises

Art as Therapy – Improve Your Emotional Responses With Art Therapy Exercises

As discussed in our previous “art as therapy” post, there are six fundamental emotions experienced by people across all cultures and ages: Fear Anger Sadness Disgust Surprise Happy While emotions benefit us in many ways, depending on the way we react to our emotions and cope with tragedy, they can actually end up causing us

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