Social media is a powerful tool for self expression and engagement of all kinds…giving a voice for many and often a way to cast attention, influence, and respond to causes, values, and efforts we hold dear or reject.
Below are some links I have been reading, saving, and sharing from and on social media recently. Most are rooted in self-care, individual influence and responsibility, and creative community action through the arts. Many offer ways we can effectively activate resources, ideas, and our gifts both on and offline with others (and ourselves) as artists, creatives, mental health professionals, helpers, and human beings.
Self-Care:
- How to Take Care of Yourself During Dark Times– tiny buddha
- How to Take Care of Others Without Burning Out– Stanford Medicine
- 5 ways to be online, while the world wakes up to itself- Sas Petherick Coaching
- Life is Tough. Here are Six Ways to Deal with It– Lion’s Roar
- Self Care & Creativity in the Presence of Oppression
Influence:
- Your Three Feet of Influence– Sharon Salzberg, On Being
- Why You Should Think Twice Before Shaming Anyone on Social Media– Wired
The Arts, Social Action, and Community Response:
- Hope & Fear: Using Art Therapy to Cope in Times of Transition- Art Therapy Buffalo Exhibit Online ¡Buen Vivir! Gallery for Contemporary Art
- This New Bootcamp Is Grooming Artists to Run for Office– Artsy
- How to be a Craftivist: the art of gentle protest – Unbound: Liberating Ideas
- The Role Museums Play in Social Activism – Americans for the Arts
- How Art is an Act of Freedom– Artist Strong
- #Artresponds: Use your gifts for awareness and action in Charlottesville and Beyond – US Department of Arts and Culture
- Art Became the Oxygen: A Guide to Artistic Response – US Department of Arts and Culture
Related Links:
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Reblogged this on 6 Degrees of Creativity.
thank you for all of these great resources and including mine among them ❤