ART HOPE is a practical guide to healthful, artful living with an uplifting approach to creative wellness and how it relates to our lives, interests, workplace, education, healthcare, and communities, corporations, and leadership, locally and globally. Creativity is a ready remedy for everyone, everywhere, every day that reduces stress and increases wellness. It is an essential life skill and our most renewable and valuable natural resource. This positive growth mindset helps us survive and thrive.
The book introduces the Creative Wellness Model, a universal application for everyday creativity that represents the many ways people are creative. It describes mental, physical, spiritual, environment, community, home, language, sound, and visual aspects. The nine themes are interconnected and suggest the organic potential of creativity. The concept is an idea catcher to spark creativity, prompt an interest or hobby, and help identify opportunities for expression. ART HOPE offers a cradle to grave perspective for people seeking to improve their health and well-being through creative self-expression and self-care. It is an inspiring book for educators, healthcare providers, community leaders, artists, self-directed learners, and creative seekers of all ages.
In her groundbreaking work, the author is an artist who paints a portrait of human creativity. It is a phenomenon we all share and how our species evolves with a sense of wonder and empathy for life. It is a natural way we relate to ourselves, others, and the world around us. Creativity is the way to wellness.
