“Play is a key component of the arts and aesthetics in myriad ways. Art and play are like two sides of the same coin, with play being a part of artistic expression, imagination, creativity, and curiosity.”
― Your Brain on Art: How the Arts Transform Us
― Your Brain on Art: How the Arts Transform Us
“All these drawings are different ways of accessing the imagination and what’s possible.”
― Your Brain on Art: How the Arts Transform Us
― Your Brain on Art: How the Arts Transform Us
“Attention directs our consciousness to focus on some things and not others, and it is a fluid state that moves through varying degrees. “Attention is your ability to selectively focus and sustain focus,”
― Your Brain on Art: How the Arts Transform Us
― Your Brain on Art: How the Arts Transform Us
“True learning is the scaffolding for a vibrant, resilient life, and the arts are vital to building that cognitive infrastructure in children through the formation of strong executive function.”
― Your Brain on Art: How the Arts Transform Us
― Your Brain on Art: How the Arts Transform Us
“Pennebaker saw that those using expressive writing around trauma had far fewer visits to the campus health center than those who wrote trivial stories.”
― Your Brain on Art: How the Arts Transform Us
― Your Brain on Art: How the Arts Transform Us
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