tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1324184304367023797.post5817109117855141588..comments2023-10-17T05:41:41.681-04:00Comments on Katharine A. Cartwright Studio: Art is "GOOD" for Us!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11037549177881696434noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1324184304367023797.post-45974123970189758032010-01-21T11:49:56.168-05:002010-01-21T11:49:56.168-05:00I think art can literally heal. It's been show...I think art can literally heal. It's been shown that laughter can, so paintings that make you laugh will! It does seem that creating art is more beneficial than looking at it, perhaps this is down to a lack of pictures designed as cures? Ok, there are lots of feelgood pictures... but how many designed to help people stop smoking for example? Things like that were on my "to do" list for 2008 but I got lost persuing other things, as often happens! I can imagine a day when a picture book is prescribed by doctors, where something like a Rorschach test is used but a "good" image is suggested to change the mind of the person being "tested". Ah, such things are the domain of all surrealists :)Mark Sheekyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00710485457283053795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1324184304367023797.post-67283846772734502502010-01-21T06:44:50.490-05:002010-01-21T06:44:50.490-05:00Hi Carolyn - thanks for providing the other links!...Hi Carolyn - thanks for providing the other links! Your work is very important to many.<br /><br />Hi Don - Thank you.<br /><br />Hi Sheila - I was wondering about the effects of your forensic art when I was writing this post, and was hoping you'd tell us about it. Thank you. Congratulations on the sale of your painting. How neat that your patron connected with your feelings!<br /><br />Hi Donna - I'll have to look for that issue! Thank you.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11037549177881696434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1324184304367023797.post-79224160528405308972010-01-21T02:01:55.601-05:002010-01-21T02:01:55.601-05:00several years ago-- actually it was after 9/11 I w...several years ago-- actually it was after 9/11 I wrote an article for one of the magazines-- Watercolor Magic I think--- about the Art of Healing-- art heals in so many ways.layershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10991288165260934778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1324184304367023797.post-21338030218352971132010-01-21T01:39:26.040-05:002010-01-21T01:39:26.040-05:00I think it's not in the same sense as you wond...I think it's not in the same sense as you wonderfully posted today, but I used to feel good about letting the composite drawing of suspects be a cathartic catalyst for victims. They usually regain some sense of power by taking part in the process of capturing the suspect. <br /><br />I sold my first painting from Etsy and I was pleasantly surprised that my Saddle shoes painting is an image that conveys a certain feeling that compelled her to buy it. She said she saw it last night and when she woke this morning, she had the image in her mind and felt the same feelings. I was over the moon!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05599714103955686190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1324184304367023797.post-35736460504503451142010-01-20T22:54:15.008-05:002010-01-20T22:54:15.008-05:00"... art is healing and life enhancing."..."... art is healing and life enhancing."<br /><br />Amen!<br /><br />-Don-Donhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17549962962379079880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1324184304367023797.post-90974959611299832372010-01-20T19:45:35.727-05:002010-01-20T19:45:35.727-05:00Hi Kathy, thank you for bringing that particular a...Hi Kathy, thank you for bringing that particular aspect of art into your conversations. I am sure I get more out of the experience than my students. There is a program Artists for Alzheimers<br />www.artistsforalzheimers.org that supports the arts for healing. Not to mention VSA.org and other major organizations that agree with Mr. Dutton. for me, it is just art for arts sake. All the rest is a bonus!Carolyn Abramshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04183214944743911973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1324184304367023797.post-85367798278346416852010-01-20T19:21:37.235-05:002010-01-20T19:21:37.235-05:00Hi Pam - Oh, the "K"-word :-) Just kidd...Hi Pam - Oh, the "K"-word :-) Just kidding. He's laughing all the way to the bank!<br /><br />Hi Hallie - sometimes we appreciate the meanings more than looking for beauty in a work. It's great that we're all so different in our taste. Otherwise, all art would look the same. Thanks.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11037549177881696434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1324184304367023797.post-34469688572966953802010-01-20T17:37:50.879-05:002010-01-20T17:37:50.879-05:00For me the creative process is mood altering. I n...For me the creative process is mood altering. I never thought of art as being beneficial for the viewer; probably because I tend to study paintings rather than enjoy them.<br /><br />Here in the computer room are two Leonard Baskins ("Turmoil" and "Poet Laureate"), an oil portrait of someone from the NY Bowery by an artist named Fred Harris, and a drawing of a woman by August Mosca. I guess I like the not so pretty.hw (hallie) farberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11636182620056350811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1324184304367023797.post-89403608540454582572010-01-20T09:57:59.040-05:002010-01-20T09:57:59.040-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com