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Years ago, when I taught elementary school, there was nothing I loved better than making creative projects with the children - art, music, design. My students sometimes wrote short stories about their projects sharing them with the class and others. We simply called it Art and Fun.
Monday I spent time at an after-school center for elementary school children - where a client of mine works.
One of the girls called me over to see a pic she had made of a girl playing ball with her friends.
After complementing her drawing I suggested that maybe she would like to be an artist when she grows up. Her answer really surprised me. She smiled and replied, "I call it Art Therapy," holding it up so I could get a better look.
Color me surprised and a bit saddened as it made me wonder if everything today reduces to some form of healing. Are we a society so lost in - and consumed by our emotions that everything has to be explained in terms of psychological value?
Taking healing to basketball - shooting hoops has many benefits. It is not only fun and good exercise but can be cathartic for those who suffer from stress and anxiety disorders and need to move their bodies to keep their minds in balance.
Let's shoot over to the basketball court where March Madness is about to start. The term became associated with the NCAA tournament when Brent Musberger used it during coverage of the 1982 NCAA tournament.
March is the month we look to colleges and universities around the country for the best of the best basketball students who hope to one day play in the NBA. Excitement surrounded women's college basketball this season highlighted by Caitlin Clark the NCAA Division I all-time leading scorer.
Golden glittering sunlight created an awesome effect on the bridge this morning.
Spring (Vernal) Equinox (Northern Hemisphere)
Happy Birthday to the Crystalinks readers born in Aries.
Aries is a cardinal fire sign ruled by Mars.
Zoroaster - Zarathustra - Faravahar
"Thus Spoke Zarathustra" - 2001 [we are on] a Space Odyssey
Happy New Year to those celebrating. This holiday takes us to ancient Persia and the Persian prophet Zoroaster (Z, Zarathustra) in one of his more well-known roles.