@parus. Thank you for sharing your ink drawing of this handsome zebra! I just feel happy by looking at it, and on a personal level, I appreciate the black and white ink technique. I remember seeing zebras at the zoo as a child, and now with granddaughter!

@gingerw, I am fascinated by your zentangles and how you are gifting others by sharing. I think it would be fun to do because I am attracted to detail. I imagine it is like working on a puzzle or counted cross stitch with no stopping until finished.

@contentandwell, @ @hopeful33250, @retiredteacher, Anytime that you are touched by viewing, reading, or hearing a work of art, then the art has served its purpose, and you honor the artist.

@lioness, I, too, put myself into whatever I'm working on. So I understand what you are experiencing. I can easily get completely 'lost' in the process of sewing, or figuring out a pattern, or practicing my music. I am keenly aware that my husband does not 'get it' sometimes when I cannot put down a project.

Here is an example of Art for Healing - at the bedside. This video shows how writers, visual artists and musicians offer a type of care that has nothing to do with tests or treatments. This is an inpatient model. It intrigued me and brought me an answer to an unsettling question that I have had since my transplant 10 years ago. While in the hospital (Mayo Rochester), there was a very ill patient in the next room, and I remember that one day I thought that heard someone playing a violin. It was a piece that I had learned years ago, and I could hear the hesitation on the difficult passages. (just like me). It was beautiful to my ear. Now I have the answer to my own confusion that has haunted me for years!

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