Vitality
The Art of Aging Festival performances from Anna Halprin, Doug von Koss, Franyke Kelly, Gwen Avery, Billy Cauley, Jr. Mary Watkins, Stagebridge, Kairos Dance Theater aka Kairos Alive!, Singers and Songwriters of the Jewish Home San Francisco, and others.
RESEARCH & RESOURCE LINKS:
MUSIC RESTORES HOPE:
Music and Song the Sounds of Hope?
TRANSFORMATIONAL POWER OF MYTH:
Mythologies in Relationships and Relationships in Mythologies
RESTORING CONNECTION THROUGH ARTS:
Arts Engagement Supports Social Connectedness in Adulthood
MURAL PAINTING CONNECTS and LIBERATES:
California: How this Prison Collaborated on a Larger-than-life Piece of Art
Rwanda: Barefoot Artists Rwanda Healing Project 2022 Update
Ukraine and beyond: Murals Across Five Countries - The Wall
Florida: Artists Create 20 New Mural for Ukraine
Click on each link for details on Authors and Attribution.
Learn more about SW’s approach below:
“I’ve never sung before in my life and now I’m singing.”
–E.N., age 90
Science confirms what humans have known for ages: Art saves lives. Music heals. Stories restore (and re-story us).
We thrive when surrounded by beauty.
Songwriting Works creates musical and creative experiences that honor all parts of who we are. As we integrate these differences within, we bring ourselves into integrity. Into wholeness. And health.
Research shows what we’ve known for ages: Connection saves lives.
While no one solution can solve all ills, every person and every voice matters.
By making music and sharing stories together, we heal separation from each other, from the world, and from ourselves.
This is how music can help heal loneliness, addiction, suicidality, violence, pain, and even activate resilience so that we can face life with more courage and connection.
Songwriting Works brings people together from diverse cultures and every kind of life experience, and physical, cognitive, and emotional reality. The very act of our listening makes a difference. And when we sing and compose together — the impact is amplified!