Make art your medicine and narrow the gap in your life between happy and healthy. Unleash your creativity, take charge of your health and wellbeing, listen to the music and let your mindful happiness flow.
The arts can heal through making , listening and participating, so join that choir, take up knitting, write your story, sign up for that pottery class, dance for the joy of it and let your life flow…
Connecting with community through the arts by joining a group takes you back up the mountain in your mind like the Himalayan icon pictured above (although I wouldn’t recommend you try it physically)….the longer you stay isolated, the more disconnected you feel.
Live art-fully.
Reduce loneliness – Increase wellbeing – Give a sense of belonging – Increase hope
Reviews for Jill’s book on the subject
The Arts Apothecary
Jill talks about “a new model of healing focused on the whole person, and on preventative care. And she shows us how it is already happening in the health systems around the world, including Australia and New Zealand, where the arts and artists are becoming an increasingly important part of the healthcare team. “Art and music,” she writes, “crack the sterile space of loneliness and fear and expose the patient to the joys of the human spirit. They act as the apothecary of the soul.”
Jill’s message: “Make art your medicine” is her prescription to the world. And she’s kind to us – she gives lots of examples of how we can do that. So there’s no excuse: read the book, follow her suggestions, encourage what Jill calls these “moments of connection” and we’ll all be as she says, “dancing on the inside…and feeling fully alive”. It is, she says, “your call to articipate.”
Felicity Price, Author and Columnist
The Arts Apothecary is a compelling account of all you would suspect of a life submerged in art. Or world needs more Arts Advocates, more people like Jill who spread our good word. The hard core facts and statistics presented in the book are beautifully entwined with moving and personally enriching language, making it a deeply satisfying and wonderfully gratifying read. Well done Jill, all things worthy are worth waiting for.
Vicki Attard, Dance Teacher, Former Principal Artist of The Australian Ballet
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