The benefits of arts and crafts as a hobby.
Welcome back, if you are new here welcome. I am your host Don, and for today’s episode I will be talking about the benefits of arts and crafts and having a hobby. Let’s get into it.
I want to start this one out by saying that arts and crafts is a great way to relieve stress, especially after a long day. If you have kids, and you want to spend some time with them away from technology, go to your local dollar store, and grab a coloring book and some inexpensive crayons or color pencils, some scissors and be imaginative and create. Even if you don’t have any kids, give it a go. And there you have it, arts an craft as a hobby.
In this episode, I will be referring to creativity in the realm of artistic creativity. Hence, the title of the episode is getting into arts and crafts as a hobby.
Benefits of Arts and Crafts
MiNDFOOD
According to MindFood there are 6 Benefits of Arts and Crafts
Stress’s relief, confidence boost, increased empathy, improves quality of life, enhances brain productivity, and lessens effect of serious health conditions.
https://www.mindfood.com/article/the-benefits-of-arts-and-crafts/
Research
According to (Adams-Price & Morse, 2018) creation of crafts by Middle Aged and Older Adults are generally accepted in all cultures around the world except for in western culture. Participating in arts and crafts have, also known as hobbies, have long-term health benefits. Such increasing mood, increasing energy levels, and increasing physical health. A hobby can be anything like hiking, swimming, walking, writing, drawing, singing, painting. There were a series of studies done by the Synapse Project that demonstrates that older adults who spend several hours a week for a few months learning to participate in a new craft activity showed improvements in their cognitive performance and neural efficiency compared to adults who did not. Adams and Price found that participation in arts and crafts increases life satisfaction. In their study they found there were four factors that were important in increasing life satisfaction which are identity, spirituality, calming, mastery and recognition of master from others. I can go on and on about this, but long tangent short, arts and crafts has and impact on how me function mentally which impacts how we function physically, and this has been proven in various studies highlighting the importance arts, crafts, and hobbies and how the positive impact they have mentally, physical, and socially.
Adams-Price, C. E., & Morse, L. W. (2018). Crafts as serious hobbies: Impact and benefits in later life. Craft Research, 9(1), 93–102. https://doi.org/10.1386/crre.9.1.93_1
References
https://www.cae.edu.au/news/practical-tips-to-start-painting-as-a-hobby/
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