An outlet

Keep mind busy & body going

Prevent suicide

Therapeutic

Gets emotions out

Escape into own little world

Gives a hobby

Gives meaning & purpose

Creating makes you feel more free from the boudaries around you

Escape pressures

Use art to transform the chaos of your life

Art can cleanse mind, body, & soul

Take emotions & turn them positive through art

Keeps you from feeling held captive by negative thoughts when transforming them into something meaningful

Change your mental outlook

A way to be able to bear the pain and go on

Say things better with color than what you have no words for

Brings recovery