LECTURE 11 Nov 20, 2013
"That’s a Wrap!" - Integration and Application
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Creative arts foster knowing world, others and self to enhance understanding and awareness
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Creative arts in healthcare, education and community settings provide opportunities for individual growth and relationship building
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Creatively adopting different perspectives among world, other and self promote holism
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Partaking in dance as an extra-curricular activity during university can help develop confidence and a sense of accomplishment that can carry over to other areas of a student’s life.
2. The benefits of participating in creative arts activities for senior adults includes increased health, improved social relations, and reduced isolation. In addition, the arts showcase their abilities, talents and experiences.
3. In this scene from the movie Scent of a Woman (1992), we see that the only impediment to being involved in the arts is inhibition. Once we take the chance, we can see challenges as creative opportunities as there are “No mistakes in the tango, darling, not like life. It's simple. That's what makes the tango so great. If you make a mistake, get all tangled up, just tango on.”
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