It has often been said that life imitates art. But art also has the power to impact lives. Kalispell's Lindsay Martin offers a poetic and beautiful glace at the world of art therepy. It's not just the artistic process that Lindsay teaches but the importance of using art to express emotions and senses in order to heal and grow.
"Art can heal the broken heart, if we only give it time"
"Is amazing how the subconscious can be echoed through art."
In Art Healing Hearts from PechaKucha Forster Vol.4, Tanayah Tooze shared her amazing journey of healing through art. She made artworks for cover band, mural, fundrasing and how she helps the disadvantaged children of Vietnam with her talents and genuine heart.
This was "PechaKucha of the Day" on Monday, October 3rd, 2013.
Bonnie Winfield spends many of her days helping people. Here, she shares how she helps incarcerated women who have made terrible mistakes learn to heal through the power of art.
Debra Sawyer is a former Corporate Communications Designer who transformed into an evolving artiist/musician and educator. Her passion and intrigue unfolds in her PechaKucha " Harp of myth, history and healing".
Phyllis Lehman is a painter, an energy therapist and a retired teacher. She tells about, how interest in spirituality, energy healing, teaching and art come together in her paintings. Her art studio is in Warwick, New York. She also works with clients through the healing arts.
Sukhdeep Jassar shares her story of loss, love and healing.
For nearly ten years, Alicia Cobb has painted bodies. She did not realize the transformative impact of body painting and the healing powers of the process and the final product.
As Executive Director of Asheville-based nonprofit Arts For Life, Rachel Zink sees every day the transformative and healing power of the arts, when put into the hands and hearts of pediatric patients and their families.
Healing Through Love & Art by Kristi Borst.
This is a story of recovery from crisis, barely surviving to flourishing and thriving. Emma takes us on a healing journey of creative arts that she now uses to facilitate healing in others.”