Recently, I published an article with the Durango Telegraph about recent studies in neuroscience showing how the brain definitely benefits from doing art. Singing, dancing, painting, writing, riffing, you name it! Art stimulates various regions of the young brain, helping it mature, while staving off the atrophy of old age. And, as an added bonus, art trains the brain to focus.
Focus does not come naturally to a species that evolved to constantly monitor its surroundings for dangerous saber-toothed predators. However, neuroscience continues to show that intense focus, or “flow,” may be the key to less stress, greater happiness, and a much smarter mind!
Here’s an excerpt from the piece:
Margaux Newby, 10, loves art. When she is working on a project, she says, “I feel like I am really where I’m supposed to be.” To her, art is a way to express her emotions.
What Margaux may not yet know is that artistic endeavors – painting, dancing, acting, sculpting, writing, and so forth – are physically altering her brain. A flurry of recent neuroscience studies has revealed how art benefits the brains of kids, adults and seniors.
jenny mason 
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