'It is the idea that good health involves every aspect of your life, including how you express yourself. It's the idea that creativity is a part of you, and you must take care of it to remain healthy. Taking care of your creative self is an ongoing activity.'
Source: Thrive Global
Creative Wellness exists because we exist.
It shows up in our personal lives, work, our relationships and overall, life experiences...but most importantly - it exists within our relationship to self.
Being creative means so much more than picking up a creative tool like a brush and making something.When most people think of wellness, they consider things like eating right, exercising, and getting enough sleep. However, there’s another aspect of wellness that you might not have considered: Creativity
Expressing your creativity reduces stress, helps you cope with difficult emotions, and even improves the immune system. When aging people take part in creative activities, […]
Source: Thrive Global
Creativity's value can carry a stigma, that it should be left to school aged children and those who've studied professionally. Simply not true - we each use our creative muscle more than we're aware.
From everyday activities and thought processes, to more technical problem solving. Where in your life might you perform tasks that require you to be creative? Be solution focussed or in the construction of something?
Creative wellness lives here. In the nuances of everyday life where it's importance remains at the centre of Self Expression.
Leaning into this expression engages exploration where the application of tools, allows creativity to break free and be seen in through the language of colour, line, texture and movement... using paints, colour and play - Art.
Art by witness, is powerful, enveloping and healing because it evokes emotion, in both the artist and viewer.
Used as a framework for wellness, one can release hidden emotions bringing you closer, to the essence of who you are - your true authentic self - to freedom.
Creative Wellness asks you to be fully engaged, with life and self. To energetically partake in the rich essence and depth of life, to express what is discovered on your unique journey.