Creative Strength & Hope

• The science of creativity: how to train your brain for innovative thinking —
  • https://lpsonline.sas.upenn.edu/features/science-creativity-how-train-your-brain-innovative-thinking
• Arts boost youth well-being, drive economic gains: Study
  • https://phys.org/news/2025-11-arts-boost-youth-economic-gains.html
• Creative Expression and Mental Health (Peer reviewed and Open Source on Science Direct)
  • https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2713374524000098
• The Science behind Creativity (from APA)
  • https://www.apa.org/monitor/2022/04/cover-science-creativity
• What happens in the brain when we experience art? (APA, Sep, 25)
  • https://www.apa.org/monitor/2025/09/art-mind-brain
• Feeling Artsy? Here’s How Making Art Helps Your Brain (NPR, Jan 2020)
  • https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/01/11/795010044/feeling-artsy-heres-how-making-art-helps-your-brain
• The benefits of creating art without being an Artist: The intersection of Art and Mental Health
  • https://www.pockitudes.com/blog/benefits-of-creating-art-without-being-an-artist?srsltid=AfmBOopY6JunJGR45_hGJ4xykFCBNFFTuu4GgLHFpqzxCltfIzkmaWya