Artistic Visions and Clear Thoughts
The arts can be an amazing therapeutic tool for those of us living with chronic illness and/or permanent disability. The arts such as music, drawing, painting, sketching, crafts can provide a much needed pathway for expression when even the simplest of everyday tasks seem overwhelmingly daunting. For the most part, my health has been quite lousy for the past few months. This sort of health affects every aspect of my everyday life, and unfortunately, this is especially true when it comes to my ability to express my creative, artistic side. Expressing myself in art is difficult when my thoughts, as well as my emotions, tend to be shrouded in darkness. I have struggled with this sort of thing my entire life. For many, performing music or being creative in art lightens moods, entices relaxation and rejuvenates one's soul. On the other hand, there are those people such as myself who just cannot find a single creative nor artistic fiber in my being when I am not completely relax