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What Art is Good For
So often artists can live in a world where no one else is interested in art & why should someone care about it if they have their kids to think of? Below are answers gathered from many other artists...
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An outlet
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Keep mind busy & body going
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Prevent suicide
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Therapeutic
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Gets emotions out
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Escape into own little world
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Gives a hobby
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Gives meaning & purpose
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Creating makes you feel more free from the boudaries around you
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Escape pressures
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Use art to transform the chaos of your life
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Art can cleanse mind, body, & soul
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Take emotions & turn them positive through art
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Keeps you from feeling held captive by negative thoughts when transforming them into something meaningful
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Change your mental outlook
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A way to be able to bear the pain and go on
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Say things better with color than what you have no words for
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Brings recovery
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