To maintain my professional license, I have to take 8 continuing education credits per year. Today I took a course entitled Art Works: How the art you specify affects health, safety and well-being. I had high expectations for the course but did not learn anything that quilters and knitters do not already know!

Creating or viewing art can:

• Reduce blood pressure

• Elevate mood

• Reduce perceived pain

We viewed photos of art and architecture for 8 hours. Only ONE piece of textile art showed up during that entire time! It was a lovely crazy quilt on a bed. I do like my textile art on the bed. And on the walls and on the table and on the floor and on my garments and on ......

Antique Lone Star Quilt (still a work in progress)

I'm off to elevate my mood and make some art!