The Healing Nature of Art

        Art might be the language of the soul but how often do we overlook it’s ability to actually effect our physical bodies. Just like a good massage or physical touch to your flesh can work wonders, Art can touch your soul or your being at its very core. How many times have you been internally hurting, and felt so alone in your pain then you here a song that sounds like it was written for you, or about you and instantly you feel like those artists know your pain and share that space with you. Your loneliness evaporates like the phantom of the mind it was.

     These examples are endless extending to paintings, movies, drawings, poems. Art has a miraculous ability to alleviate some of the worst emotional turmoil and feelings of separateness, better than any drug big pharma could ever sell you, and Science is beginning to prove this. In some cases just listening to Classical Music or staring at photos of the grand canyon actually boosted peoples immune system. In other studies making art has been shown to reduce Stress hormones as well as listening to certain music or seeing visual art. In this way Art, not only,  has the potential to  heal the maker of the art but also the perceiver of the art.

   You never know next time you are writing a song or drawing a picture, or taking a photograph you might actually save someones life by boosting their immune system to fight off a virus, or reduce someones stress levels and lower their blood pressure, actually preventing them from having a heart attack. It is something to consider as the maker of art as well, as sometimes when you are feeling all alone or feel like you dont have much of a purpose in life, it may be of great psychological and even physical benefit for you to take up some form of creative expression. The world and you can benefit from your creative expressions, as Art has much larger effects than it is normally given credit for.