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Symposium: A Vision for the Arts & Healing
Posted on March 26, 2019 by admin in UncategorizedTranscript of Peter Watkin’s Talk “A Vision for the Arts and Healing” Please sit quietly while you wait for the session to start. I’d like you to take an A4 sheet notice its proportions, its boundaries, its whiteness, its emptiness; all that it offers to the imagination. Now allow your mind/ your imagination to conjure […]
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Twelve Good Reasons to Join an Arts and Wellbeing Group
Posted on March 13, 2019 by admin in UncategorizedPromotes relaxation, enjoyment, inner calm. Enables personal and emotional expression in safe and creative ways Increases social contact and inclusion Increases motivation and energy for living Strengthens self esteem and confidence Develops self awareness and understanding Offers a meaningful, purposeful, socially valued activity Enhances coping skills and resilience Develops artistic/creative skills and interests Encourages self […]
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Connecting Circles- Dance Day
Posted on February 20, 2019 by admin in EventsRound & round we went. We stepped & we swayed; we moved rhythmically & not so rhythmically, as the music led us on. At times we danced expressively & individually mostly we danced together following steps danced by thousands of others over time from different cultures, in a connecting circle. How good it felt […]
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The art of Living Well
Posted on November 12, 2014 by admin in UncategorizedTHE ART OF LIVING WELL A Conversation about arts and mental health between Pete Jan and John (23/2/14) Pete The more I think about creativity the more elusive it seems. It seems a mysterious process. I think it is a universal human quality, something innate in everyone, that enables us to express the fullness of ourselves in a […]
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On Finding You Have Wings
Posted on April 22, 2014 by admin in UncategorizedOn Finding You Have Wings Perhaps it is wise to leave the question ‘what is creativity’ alone, and simply celebrate it as a vital part of human nature; as Julia Cameron author of The Artists Way says ‘at the heart of creativity is mystery’. There is always the fear that if we analyse it too […]
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Creativity & Well-being in Later Life 2017
Posted on March 25, 2014 by admin in UncategorizedCreativity & Well-being in Later Life 2017 The Secret Garden :A Symposium on Creativity & Wellbeing in Later Life Our second annual symposium on arts and health 2017 explores the theme of whether active participation in the arts – be that singing, dance, drama, writing or one of the visual arts – can make a […]
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The Art of Wellbeing – An Invitation to a Conversation.
Posted on August 12, 2013 by admin in UncategorizedThe Art of Wellbeing – An Invitation to a Conversation. Is the urge to create, deeply and innately embedded in the human psyche? I have long felt it to be so! And if so for what reason has it evolved? Human beings are blessed with the power of higher consciousness; we have the capacity to grasp […]
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The Case for Arts in Mental Health
Posted on March 1, 2013 by admin in UncategorizedThe Case for Arts and Mental Health Can participation in the arts make a real contribution to recovery from mental ill health? Can the arts contribute to a more sustained state of well-being? The testimony Inside Out has received from participant students in evaluations and surveys during10 years of running therapeutic arts programmes suggests the […]
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Art as a Lifeline
Posted on February 18, 2013 by admin in UncategorizedArt as a Lifeline The key theme at the 2012 Aldeburgh poetry festival was LIFELINES. Can poetry and other creative arts offer a lifeline during those times when we are troubled, in crisis or extremis? Can they be a source of consolation and inspiration? When I think of the word ‘lifelines’ I imagine something to […]
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Creative Spirit
Posted on November 13, 2012 by admin in UncategorizedCreative Spirit We believe in the power of the creative process to strengthen the spirit: this has been Inside Out Community’s inspirational slogan since the charity’s beginnings in 2003. There is an almost indefinable strength that enables us to keep going when faced with the challenges of life: the disappointments, the traumas, the hardships, the conflicts, […]
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