Art is a beautiful way to self-express and many PatientsLikeMe members share and connect through art. Additionally, art has amazing benefits for your health! Read on to learn more.

Artwork from a PatientsLikeMe member

Art is good medicine

PatientsLikeMe members share their beautiful works of art in our forums. Click here for a peek at the art gallery they made! We hope that other members’ artwork inspires you to try your hand at creating your own. In fact, National Public Radio (NPR) recently ran a segment titled, “Making Art is Good for Your Health.” The NPR correspondent quotes a leading researcher in art therapy and professor at Drexel University who states that creating art “can reduce stress and anxiety,” “improve your mood,” and provide “a strong sense of agency, the ability to solve problems by imagining possible solutions.”

Six ways to jump-start your creativity

The NPR article also offers six tips on how to get motivated to create art, including:

• Remember, you don’t need to be an artist with a capital “A”

• Pick the medium that you enjoy – drawing, painting, collage, etc.

• Focus just on the process, without any expectations of outcomes

• Schedule time for making art, as you do for work, exercise, and social activities

• Enjoy the “meditative flow” of creating

• Don't worry when you’re stumped, just relax and refocus, or take a quick break and come back to it with fresh eyes

   To read the full NPR article click here!

Do you make art? We hope some of these tips have inspired you to get creative and reap some of the benefits of making your own. Let us know if these tips helped you and join our community of artists!

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