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Art for Healing

Posted by Harriet Hodgson @harriethodgson1, Oct 26, 2018

Kudos to the Montreal Museum of Fine Art for allowing physicians to write prescriptions for free admission to the museum. And kudos to Mayo Clinic for its art program. From the beginning, Mayo Clinic believed that art can uplift patients and foster healing. Whether it's Rochester, Jacksonville or Scottsdale, Mayo Clinic displays a wide range of artwork for patients. The Rochester site published a brochure for a self-guided tour of artwork. I live in Rochester and every time I'm at Mayo, I take the time to look at the artwork.

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JK | @contentandwell | Jul 23, 2019
In reply to @lioness "@contentandwell There are a lot of books I out there that are big areas to color..." + (show)
@lioness

@contentandwell There are a lot of books I out there that are big areas to color like Bird Books Animal books and flowers ,you just have to look for them when adult coloring first was popular it was all small areas but not anymore. I have a Music one that has big guitars ,drums and more in it . It is relaxing I put myself into the picture I'm doing and forget about the daily grind

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@newzbug still, not my cup of tea. I need interactive activities.
JK

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JK | @contentandwell | Jul 23, 2019
In reply to @retiredteacher "@contentandwell I agree with you. I would not find coloring at my age relaxing. I think..." + (show)
@retiredteacher

@contentandwell I agree with you. I would not find coloring at my age relaxing. I think somebody came up with this coloring book for adults business and is laughing all the way to the bank.
The best way for me to relax is to read a good book.
Carol

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@retiredteacher when I read a good book I get totally immersed and can’t put it down. I’ve been known to be up all night reading! I do that very infrequently now.
If it’s raining in the book when I pull myself away from it I will be surprised to see the sun shining!
JK

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Retired Teacher | @retiredteacher | Jul 23, 2019
In reply to @contentandwell "@retiredteacher when I read a good book I get totally immersed and can’t put it down...." + (show)
@contentandwell

@retiredteacher when I read a good book I get totally immersed and can’t put it down. I’ve been known to be up all night reading! I do that very infrequently now.
If it’s raining in the book when I pull myself away from it I will be surprised to see the sun shining!
JK

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@contentIandwell I am the same way. Once I start a good book, everything else is at a standstill. I have to credit my mother and my being an only child with a love of reading. She read to me from the day I was born, and I learned to read early to entertain myself. When I started teaching, I loved reading even more and teaching the books, plays, and poetry I assigned to my students. Reading to teach and reading to relax are entirely different, but I loved reading both ways. I read now for relaxation and do not choose books that are complicated. I enjoy mysteries and non fiction and occasionally go back to my Shakespearean plays and Chaucer and the British lit. I taught. It never gets old.
Carol

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Retired Teacher | @retiredteacher | Jul 23, 2019
In reply to @hopeful33250 "For @retiredteacher, @contentandwell and other book lovers, here is something you can relate to: https://www.facebook.com/AuthorMaryBalogh/photos/a.186291551491885/2259948100792876/?type=3&theater" + (show)

@hopeful33250 I don't stay lost in the last book. Once it's finished, I'm ready to start something new. The only exception is if I'm reading a series. Then I'm down for the count----days of reading and ignoring anything else unless absolutely necessary. That's one plus for retirement. Whatever is on the schedule can be changed if I'm lost in a book.
Carol

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JK | @contentandwell | Jul 23, 2019
In reply to @hopeful33250 "For @retiredteacher, @contentandwell and other book lovers, here is something you can relate to: https://www.facebook.com/AuthorMaryBalogh/photos/a.186291551491885/2259948100792876/?type=3&theater" + (show)

@hopeful33250 No, that has not afflicted me. I am not reading nearly as much these days as I used to. I had a couple of good sounding books loaded up on my IPad but they are gone now! I didn’t know they had been a bargain for amazon prime members. I had a temporary, complimentary one but they took the books away because that expired!
JK

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marvinjsturing | @marvinjsturing | Jul 23, 2019
In reply to @retiredteacher "@hopeful33250 I don't stay lost in the last book. Once it's finished, I'm ready to start..." + (show)
@retiredteacher

@hopeful33250 I don't stay lost in the last book. Once it's finished, I'm ready to start something new. The only exception is if I'm reading a series. Then I'm down for the count----days of reading and ignoring anything else unless absolutely necessary. That's one plus for retirement. Whatever is on the schedule can be changed if I'm lost in a book.
Carol

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My wife is an avid reader also. She has been reading more books on her tablet. She can check out books from the local library on her tablet. And Amazon has great marketing. The first book in a series is always free. When she gets hooked on a series, she has to pay for the rest of the books to find out how the series ends.

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Harriet Hodgson | @harriethodgson1 | Jul 23, 2019

As a health/wellness author I'm reading all the time. We live in a townhome and I spent a fortune on three bookshelves. In mid-September we're moving into a retirement community owned/operated by Mayo Clinic. I just ordered two bookcases with drawers on the top for our new place. The construction crew is also putting in three shelves for books. I can't live without them!

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Ginger, Volunteer Mentor | @gingerw | Jul 23, 2019
In reply to @harriethodgson1 "As a health/wellness author I'm reading all the time. We live in a townhome and I..." + (show)
@harriethodgson1

As a health/wellness author I'm reading all the time. We live in a townhome and I spent a fortune on three bookshelves. In mid-September we're moving into a retirement community owned/operated by Mayo Clinic. I just ordered two bookcases with drawers on the top for our new place. The construction crew is also putting in three shelves for books. I can't live without them!

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@harriethodgson1 Before I moved in here a year ago, I had 4 bookcases. Two were full of my design books for quilting and crafts. I am now down to two bookcases. And both of those will go with me North to our new house. I was appalled when I moved in here, that Bill had no books! That was inconceivable to me, a house without books. Reading is my go-to. It's even more portable then my little Zentangle-kit-to-go.
Ginger

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Ginger, Volunteer Mentor | @gingerw | Jul 23, 2019
In reply to @rosemarya "@parus. Thank you for sharing your ink drawing of this handsome zebra! I just feel happy..." + (show)
@rosemarya

@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!

https://intheloop.mayoclinic.org/2018/11/29/arts-at-the-bedside-provides-a-different-way-of-healing/

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@rosemarya Thank you for the video. This is the sort of thing I would love to participate in! I cried during most of it, it affected me so much. As for Zentangle please look into it. I think that you will find focusing like that and detailed would be beneficial there are many YouTube tutorials you can go to Zentangle.com and see the founders of the movement.
Ginger

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