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The “Arts” have many benefits to kids and it’s sad when these subjects are limited or removed from school curriculum. But the arts can, and maybe should be a lifelong pursuit. At some point we may outgrow the classes, exams, etc. of our youth but we don’t out grow the benefit that can be reaped from the arts.

Turns out tough that something can be said for actually DOING IT. It doesn’t matter if you see yourself as creative. You don’t need to do it for anyone else but you. It doesn’t need to be a show — just an experience! Dive in and give it a try.

~  all forms of “the arts” have benefit but the link below is an interesting article pertaining specifically to visual arts  ~

Producing Art Can Help Keep Your Brain Functioning

  Have you tried colouring?

Yeah, sure, maybe when you were a kid…but I mean lately. Or perhaps you ARE one of those hip and trendy people with your favourite colouring book(s), pencils, markers, etc. and partake often.

I confess, I haven’t done it much until recently. And I even got a colouring book to do it in. I wasn’t that surprised but I found what has been said about it to be true…it was relaxing. In some respects it was even more relaxing than my own painting.

If you’re not sure and don’t want to invest in a colouring book you can search online for colouring pages and even download many of them for free. Give it a try!  It comes with benefits…  🙂

book by Karla Dornacher

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