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Why the arts are important for well being:
Why the arts are important for well being:
We have known the positive impact that the arts and creativity have on our well-being for centuries. Music, dance, storytelling, and visual art have played an important role in most if not all cultures. The Te Whare Tapa Whā model is an holistic model of health that reminds us to take care of all four dimensions of well being:
We have known the positive impact that the arts and creativity have on our well-being for centuries. Music, dance, storytelling, and visual art have played an important role in most if not all cultures. The Te Whare Tapa Whā model is an holistic model of health that reminds us to take care of all four dimensions of well being:
The 4 dimensions are:
The 4 dimensions are:
https://www.healthnavigator.org.nz/healthy-living/t/te-whare-tapa-wh%C4%81-and-wellbeing/
The activities suggested work in a space that brings all four dimensions together
The activities suggested work in a space that brings all four dimensions together
Arts and creativity are sensory based:
Arts and creativity are sensory based:
As we engage in the Arts and in creative activities, we draw on our senses, to inform us in a multitude of ways.
As we engage in the Arts and in creative activities, we draw on our senses, to inform us in a multitude of ways.
Using an action orientated approach:
Using an action orientated approach:
Adopting a mindful approach to the arts, centres the focus on the process rather than directly on the problem or the product. It enables us to focus on our physical, mental and spiritual well being.
Adopting a mindful approach to the arts, centres the focus on the process rather than directly on the problem or the product. It enables us to focus on our physical, mental and spiritual well being.
Focus on aesthetics:
Focus on aesthetics:
Beauty, rhythm, balance, tension, tone, harmony, resonance, prosody, movement, pace, colour, contrast...the list goes on. Aesthetics provide a vehicle for communication, attunement with others and engaging in a spiritual way.
Beauty, rhythm, balance, tension, tone, harmony, resonance, prosody, movement, pace, colour, contrast...the list goes on. Aesthetics provide a vehicle for communication, attunement with others and engaging in a spiritual way.
Imagination and creativity:
Imagination and creativity:
Anything goes. Enabling imagination and creativity to take an unfettered course allows the unconscious to play in a more tangible space. This is particularly valuable for mental and spiritual well being.
Anything goes. Enabling imagination and creativity to take an unfettered course allows the unconscious to play in a more tangible space. This is particularly valuable for mental and spiritual well being.
Communication:
Communication:
The arts enable us to communicate in a variety of ways at a variety of levels, deepening relationships as we share an inner part of us with each other.
The arts enable us to communicate in a variety of ways at a variety of levels, deepening relationships as we share an inner part of us with each other.
Having a go:
Having a go:
Not everyone feels comfortable singing to an audience or dancing in public, trying to draw or paint or make. Always reassure them that there is no judgement, give it a go as much as feels comfortable and only with whom you choose. The emphasis is on the process.
Not everyone feels comfortable singing to an audience or dancing in public, trying to draw or paint or make. Always reassure them that there is no judgement, give it a go as much as feels comfortable and only with whom you choose. The emphasis is on the process.
Mark making:
Mark making:
This is my mark, this is mine, this is OK. Regardless of the modality...and everyone can make a mark in some way. The book "The Dot." by Peter H Reynolds is a great book for helping children to understand this mindset.
This is my mark, this is mine, this is OK. Regardless of the modality...and everyone can make a mark in some way. The book "The Dot." by Peter H Reynolds is a great book for helping children to understand this mindset.
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