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Art Saves Lives: My Inner Orange Cat Recognizes Your Inner Orange Cat by Anne Friedman

Art Saves Lives: My Inner Orange Cat Recognizes Your Inner Orange Cat by Anne Friedman

by Art Saves Lives | Oct 29, 2025 | Art Saves Lives, Blog

Have you ever fallen into the trap of thinking you know someone just by seeing them? It can be particularly easy with beautiful people. When the scars aren’t obvious, sometimes I think it means they haven’t been hurt. But how I see them says nothing about how they see...
Art Saves Lives: Art Offers Us a Path (If We Will Take It) by Dr. Adam Saperstein

Art Saves Lives: Art Offers Us a Path (If We Will Take It) by Dr. Adam Saperstein

by Art Saves Lives | Sep 30, 2025 | Art Saves Lives, Blog

Editor’s Prefaceby Seema Reza | September 28th, 2025 This month, we’re excited to share something a little different. Dr. Adam Saperstein received a standing ovation at our annual Day of Belonging for his heartfelt talk about how the power of music, art,...
Art Saves Lives: “The Colors of a Resilient Warrior: How Art Saved My Life” by Amanda Barkster

Art Saves Lives: “The Colors of a Resilient Warrior: How Art Saved My Life” by Amanda Barkster

by Art Saves Lives | Jul 30, 2025 | Art Saves Lives, Blog

“Writing became my palette, my lifeline, when the weight of my story became too heavy to carry alone.” I used to think resilience was invisible—a quiet, colorless force that held me together when everything else was falling apart. But I’ve come to realize that...
Art Saves Lives: “the only place i feel safe enough to question god” by Rick Writes

Art Saves Lives: “the only place i feel safe enough to question god” by Rick Writes

by Art Saves Lives | Jun 5, 2025 | Art Saves Lives, Blog

What device do you use to keep your vice in a vice? Creativity forges the keys to release us from these shackles. This instrument can also break locks. Every time I try and break free, I try & find moments to capture, the goal is to paint a polaroid of time. A...
Art Saves Lives: I Write by Steve Watson

Art Saves Lives: I Write by Steve Watson

by Art Saves Lives | Apr 30, 2025 | Art Saves Lives, Blog

Confiding to the impartial, sympathetic page paved the way for me to accept myself and finally reveal to my friends and family who I really am and begin to live my best honest life. I write. I write because I want to write; I write because I need to write. I write...
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