| The Bead&Button Show: Your Creative Escape | Most of us feel more creative when we're happy and relaxed. The ideas just seem to flow out of us when life isn't causing more stress than usual. But did you know the reverse is true, too — that creativity can actually relieve excess stress?
Whether you're an experienced artist or just a dabbler, a few minutes of quiet creativity during a period of heightened anxiety can break the cycle of worrying thoughts. Your mind enters a state of flow in which stressors — news headlines, upcoming tax deadlines, the car in need of repairs — fall away and your mind becomes focused on the project at hand.
Art therapists have known this for decades. The mainstream has started to come around, too; just check out the grown-up coloring book display in any craft store! Jewelry makers know this instinctively. No matter what's going on in the outside world, there's nothing more relaxing and satisfying than stitching a vial of seed beads, linking a pile of jump rings, or hammering a sheet of copper.
For a real creative escape, register for classes, book your hotel, and come to Milwaukee in June. After a few days of intense creativity with your fellow jewelry makers at the Bead&Button Show, you're sure to return home happy, relaxed, and with a beautiful new creation that's all your own. |
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