Reaching For The Gold, September 10, 2013
This show draws connections between aging and creativity. Actually, people can become creative - attuned to sounds and shapes - as they age. And that can happen even if they are living with dementia. It is simply a matter of bringing these hidden talents out into the open.
The two guests on this program - Jill Mattson and Sean Caulfield - are past experts at meeting this challenge. Sean works with Artists for Alzheimer's, taking elders and their care partners on museum tours. Often, once they are nudged in this direction, elders can be very articulate in relating their reactions to paintings.
Jill, meanwhile, has long delved into a field that is both ancient and very modern; sounds as a healing modality. By her accounting, everything is vibration. So, sounds can set into balance portions of our body which have been pushed out of balance.
Guest, Sean Caulfield
Sean Caulfield iss one of the founders of Artists for Alzheimer’s. The organization brings art to people and people to art. It facilitates visits to museums where participants, some of them people living with Alzheimer’s plus their care partners, are asked to comment on the works they see. And It also brings art, often in vans, to senior living facilities.
Reaching For The Gold
A publishing journalist and a college instructor Harriet finds that these two careers have much in common as they both demand honing communication skills every day. Harriet instructs her students almost exclusively online and her writing is published in print and over the web. Times change but the need to speak to your audience by being concise, yet intriguing, is key.
