Art is Beneficial to Your Mental Health!

There are many misconceptions when it comes to art. Some people truly believe that in order to be considered a real artist, you need to create something like a painting or sculpture. Others believe that being an artist is having a special talent that you are born with. Neither are true! Everybody is born with the ability and desire to express ourselves. What better way to do so than with art?

Here are a few more reasons to consider adding a little bit of creative art in your life.

Art Relieves Stress
Painting, drawing, sculpting, etc. are wonderful ways to help lower stress levels, which in-turn helps in creating a healthy brain. What art does is it provides a healthy distraction that will give your mind a well-needed break from your usual ways of thinking. One of the most popular ways of being artistic, nowadays, is using coloring books, which were created specifically to assist in relieving stress in minds.

Art Encourages Brain Activity
Your brain works to create new connections between all different brain cells whenever you involve yourself in new activities. Creating art helps to stimulate all sorts of connections between assorted portions of your brains itself.

Art Helps Encourage Creative Thinking
Art doesn’t require a “right” answer, as opposed to math. Instead, it gives you the opportunity to come up with your own type of solution, as well as further stimulates your brain with this kind of creative thinking. You actually use both hemispheres of your brain, and when we do that, both sides of our brain work together to help create strong neuropathways that make focus and recall much better and easier.

Art Helps Boost Self-Esteem
Hanging a child’s artwork anywhere will help build their sense of accomplishment, as well as boost their self-esteem. The same effect goes for you if you display your own art! You don’t have to create something perfect in order to obtain these thoughts and feelings, and the type of art you create doesn’t matter. You can draw, do some photography, even knit a hat!

So, there you have it! Don’t be afraid to get out there and get your creative juices flow. Don’t forget to send us a picture of your latest piece of art!