Juliet King: The Neuroscience of Art Therapy

Juliet King: The Neuroscience of Art Therapy

Author: ON Chart August 15, 2023 Duration: 30:22

Art speaks to us in many languages. In the modern world, we look to art as an escape from our daily struggles and find comfort in getting lost in the beauty that art offers. We all had that moment in our lives when we caught ourselves deeply in mad love with art, whether it was during a brief visit to an art gallery, five minutes of listening to a good old piece of music after a rough day at work, or a quick glance at a few lines of a romantic poem from a random poetry book at a bookstore. We dread the idea of living in a technological world without the arts and tell ourselves how miserable our lives would be without creativity and imagination. In this episode, art therapist Juliet King helps us understand the connection between art and the brain as we explore ways to cultivate a creative life to build mental resilience and lead a stress-free lifestyle.


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