Performing Hobbies
Introduction
Performing is exhilarating. It allows us to connect with and change ourselves and others. Performing hobbies offers stage thrill without show business stress.
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- Being on stage forces you to tap into who you are. Who you know you are at the core. And a lot of times it feels effortless to do so. Time doesn’t exist while you’re up there. It’s like you’re traveling in a parallel universe.—Why I Love Being on Stage. Being on stage forces you to tap into… | by Eric Bowman | ILLUMINATION | Medium
- Onstage, I make love to twenty-five thousand people, then I go home alone.—Janis Joplin in New Yorker 14 August 1971
- There is a growing body of evidence that provisionally supports the claim that art therapy ‘Possesses the power to heal psychological wounds’.—The performing arts and psychological well-being – PubMed
- Beneficial effects of performing arts participation were reported in healthy […] children, adolescents, adults, and older adults across 17 health domains […]. Positive health effects were associated with as little as 30 […] to 60 minutes […] of performing arts participation.—Performing arts as a health resource? An umbrella review of the health impacts of music and dance participation | PLOS One
- Participation in the arts may contribute to positive mental health through the mechanism of flow, a mental state of becoming completely engrossed in an enjoyable activity. Participation in performing arts specifically may be especially predictive of positive mental health due to its collective nature.—A symphony within: Frequent participation in performing arts predicts higher positive mental health in young adults – ScienceDirect
- For the stage is not merely the meeting-place of all the arts, but is also the return of art to life.—The Truth of Masks: A Note of Illusions, by Oscar Wilde
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