Art Therapy: Is It Effective? Georgia O’Keeffe once said‚ “I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn’t say any other way. Things I had no words for.” The actual creation of art triggers an unconscious process helping a person connect with his emotions (Kotwas). The process is said to enhance the physical‚ mental‚ and emotional well-being of individuals of all ages and backgrounds. The expressive arts do not discriminate and is an effective alternative to traditional psychotherapy
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dancing is a sport or an art. Dancing is an art and not a sport because of a dancer’s ability to express themselves and the art itself in different forms. First of all‚ to know that dance is an art and not a sport‚ the definition of the two need to come into consideration. Harrell Fletcher is a teacher in the art department at Portland State University and has exhibited at multiple museums and galleries all around the world. He was asked by Greater Good why he composes art. Before he answers why he
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Some consider art as useless subject that does not teach us anything; only consider art as the entertainment. But arts could be very beneficial to us‚ it teaches us lesson such as history and culture‚ and allow us to feel the same feeling that artist felt. The main value of the arts is to teach us about the world around us. There are many meanings in the arts. The work of arts includes all the aspect of our society. The arts can express many feelings that we could not feel without it. There is countless
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The Arts have always been involved in the world‚ but there has always been someone behind the scenes that censors what is shown. Lately‚ people believe that more is shown than necessary. It has seemed in the past that nude portraits have been acceptable‚ but now if that was shown in‚ say‚ a public school people would be offended. “No one has come up with a workable definition of art that can universally separate garbage like Karen Finley ’s body goo from Michelangelo ’s David.”(Shapiro) Art is truly
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A number of people have asked about the value of addressing aesthetics‚ the philosophy of art‚ or the definition of art. The reasoning is that if it is so difficult to define‚ it must therefor be ultimately subjective‚ and each person should just determine for herself what it is. Perhaps we all do determine for ourselves the meaning of anything. Because‚ as in the "tree falling in the forest" example‚ the meaning does not exist if it does not exist for me personally. I am allowed to define "table"
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Henley Ridore English 1102 Art That Influenced Me Growing up I’ve always had an interest in art. Out of the six children my mother had I was the only one that had a serious interest in art of all nature. Growing up‚ I wasn’t as social as the rest of my brothers and sisters‚ I was able to express my emotions through painting. Throughout my years in school I always made sure I was in some sort of art class for every grade level. I high school I was recognized as being the most unique in my grade
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Experiences of Their Eyes Art involving Deaf Visual and Image Art is known as De’VIA. De’VIA was an art movement inspired by deaf artists to “come out of the closet” during the early 1980s and late 1990s (Miller 303). To come out of the closet is to show pride in being deaf‚ instead of hiding their deafness or trying to imitate the hearing. Deaf people have a history comprise of discrimination‚ being ignored and oppressed by the hearing world. Thus‚ through their art they are able to represent
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Culture and Arts What is culture? Culture is an inherited idea that distinguishes one group of people from another. Every society has different cultures that share languages‚ traditions and behaviors. Having a different culture gives people an identity that makes them unique and different from other citizens. What about the different components? Various languages are important part of culture. Religion and beliefs are also important part of what the people believe in. The value of
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ART Art is something which can be analyzed to give deeper insight as to the common values and beliefs shared by the members of a certain society. Regardless of the place of origin or the time period of a form of art‚ it will always be a reflection of the social structure in which it’s creator/s lived. However‚ the way the artist perceives the culture common to his time period is very relative. People pertaining to a higher social class had different values and ideologies than members of a lower
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Art Essay Draft The nude has changed dramatically throughout time in terms of its role in the art world. It has been used to portray a person’s power and their weakness‚ the way they see themselves and the way others see them. The majority of nude artworks are of the female nude‚ as highlighted by John Berger‚ ‘men look at women‚ women look back at themselves being looked at.’ Vanessa Beecroft‚ a contemporary artist deems to challenge the way society views the nude in both high art and everyday
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