What if one of the most important things your doctor could prescribe did not come from a pharmacy? What if, alongside medical care, your doctor could connect you to a painting workshop, creative writing circle, museum visit, dance class, choir, or community art...
I Survived the Hardest Year of My Life Because I Started Writing Every Morning. Science Says That Wasn’t a Coincidence.
You don’t have to be an artist for creativity to save you. You just have to start. During COVID, I was drowning and nobody knew it. The world was already terrifying. And on top of it, I had just found out my niece Shannan had ovarian cancer. I couldn’t...
Dance as Healing: Beth Jucovy of Dance Visions NY on Resilience Through Movement
In Beth’s Words The Body Resilient: Visions of Art for Healing was presented by Dance Visions NY at Cedarmere Preserve in collaboration with the Friends of Cedarmere. The concert featured rarely seen heroic and dramatic repertory of Isadora Duncan, alongside new...
Your Style is Enough
One of the biggest barriers to healing through creativity is the belief that we’re “not artistic enough.” So many people walk through our doors apologizing before they even begin: “I can’t draw,” “I’m not...
Your Canvas, Your Legacy: How Creating Art Heals Everyone It Touches
What will you leave behind when you’re gone? Most of us think about photos, memories, stories passed down. But there’s something more powerful waiting in your hands right now: your own art. President Ikeda wrote: “The life of each of us is like a...
