Art as Soul Duster

Posted on April 26, 2026

Art As Healing 3: Art For Personal Growth

Posted on September 10, 2019

This is the third of our 3-part series on Art As Healing. You can find previous segments here Part 1: Creativity & Birth, and Part 2: The Value of Spontaneous Drawings Studying drawings within a therapy context reveals an inner self that “knows” in a way our conscious self does not always recognize. If we […]

Art As Healing 2: The Value of Spontaneous Drawings

Posted on August 27, 2019

This is the second of our 3-part series on Art As Healing. If you missed the previous segment, see Part 1: Creativity & Birth. While recognizing that the creative act is healing in and of itself, drawings and paintings, particularly spontaneous drawings, can be viewed on more than one level. They convey a literal or […]

Art As Healing 1: A Path To Healing

Posted on August 15, 2019

Our name SoulDuster was inspired by Picasso’s saying, “art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life”. So what does art have to do with our soul? To help us answer this question, let’s follow this 3-part blog series to explore Art As Healing. Have You Ever Stopped To Think About The Relationship […]

Art, Cancer, and Me

Posted on March 27, 2018

2019 Collage of Musings Calendar Colors of Monarchs Puzzle Origin Journal Colors of Monarchs Journal Origin Decorative Pillow Artist Maggi Mason was living a very full life in 2012. She was relocating to a new country, searching for a home, and preparing to take the citizenship exam all while her husband was seriously ill. Meanwhile, […]

Art As Respite: How Art Enhances Our Lives

Posted on August 22, 2017

Adult coloring books and painting parties are all the rage these days. Despite appearances, it’s not about coloring within the lines or haphazardly putting brush to canvas to get to some arbitrary finish line. If you’re searching for a respite from the strains of everyday life, a coloring book just might whisk you away for […]

Learn To Meditate

Posted on July 13, 2017

In this short essay, we will look at how to begin with a simple breathing meditation and also learn about two other meditations that everyone can practice. Read More…

How Spiritual Practice Leads to Happiness

Posted on July 13, 2017

It is human nature to seek happiness, but what does it take to be truly happy? We can be content with external things like a roof over our heads, food on the table, and a comfortable life. True happiness, however, is deeper, and in many ways, simpler than that. “Happiness is not something ready made. […]

Art Is Soul Dusting | Benefits of Arts to Body, Mind, Spirit

Posted on July 11, 2017

If you want to see sheer, unadulterated freedom of artistic expression, observe a three year old with a box of crayons and a blank piece of paper. We come by those early surges of creativity naturally. Human beings have been painting, sculpting, and creating complex works of art for at least 17,000 years and we’ve […]

Happiness From Within

Posted on January 10, 2017

Bhutan, a small landlocked country in SE Asia, made a name for being the Happiest Nation on earth. Rather than focusing on gross national products, the nation is proud to introduce a new measure Gross National Happiness Index. In search of happiness, I packed my bag and headed to SE Asia this past fall. An […]