Argument Essay: Art Can Be Good For Mental Health

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Works Cited

Friedman, Michael. “Art Can Be Good for Mental Health.” Huffington Post, 6 June 2012, https://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-friedman-lmsw/art-mental-health_b_1562010.html. Accessed 29 November 2017.
To go along with my argument that art allows people to express their emotions and opinions comfortably, I wanted to highlight how it also acts as a stress reliever. For my project, I used a general quote at the beginning that expresses how art, music, dance, etc. all contribute to the psychological we'll being of a person. The article goes on to reference various texts published about art and its effects on mental health. I used this information mainly as a background to further support my thoughts, but not explicitly in the presentation.

Johnson, Hannah. Personal Interview. 27 November 2017.
Hannah Johnson is a junior that goes to Standley Lake High School and a personal friend of mine. She is very active in art and is a cello player in the chamber orchestra. I knew that she
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“Expressing Yourself Through Art.” Odyssey Media Group, 17 October 2016, https://www.theodysseyonline.com/expressing-art. Accessed 29 November 2017.
This website was chosen because it very clearly stated the goal for my product. I wanted to challenge myself to step out and try something new by expressing my feelings through art, but also the fact that i want other people to feel that the arts are a place to turn to when they need help as well. I used this source as a part of my poster also and as a good perspective of the impact that the arts can have on a person’s life. Moreover, it wasn;t a big name, science backed source. That may seem like a bad thing being that the project is expected to be backed by fact, however, it was very beneficial to get the opinion and testimony from a person that I don’t personally know or have an influence on. This kept my project from becoming one sided and had an outside opinion backing up what I had already heard from my