{"id":20186,"date":"2024-09-17T11:09:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-17T15:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/?p=20186"},"modified":"2024-09-20T13:49:38","modified_gmt":"2024-09-20T17:49:38","slug":"the-power-of-narrative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/index.php\/2024\/09\/17\/the-power-of-narrative\/","title":{"rendered":"The Power of Narrative"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The article &#8220;Distraction, expression, or a moment of joy: How creativity helps people with arthritis&#8221; from Versus Arthritis talks about how creative activities like art, music, and writing help people with arthritis manage their pain.&nbsp; It explains that these activities can serve as a distraction, making people focus on something other than their pain.&nbsp; For example, Laura, who has juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), says that crafting helps her forget about her pain.&nbsp; She shares, <em>\u201c<\/em>The best thing about crafting for me is that it either makes me forget that I am sore, or I\u2019m enjoying myself so much that I don\u2019t mind being sore afterwards\u201d<em> <\/em>(Veritus Arthritis, 2024).&nbsp; This shows that being creative can help people with arthritis find moments of happiness even when they\u2019re in pain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Steph, who also has JIA, adds that making art helps her connect with others who are going through the same struggles.&nbsp; She says, \u201cBeing creative at Joint Creativity definitely gave me a break, time to see people, have fun\u201d (Veritus Arthritis, 2024).&nbsp; This highlights how creative activities not only help with pain but also provide a chance to meet others, talk, and feel less alone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The article shows how creativity can be a powerful tool to help people with arthritis feel better emotionally and physically, while also connecting with others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">References<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Distraction, expression, or a moment of joy: How creativity helps people with arthritis<\/em>. Versus Arthritis. (2024, April 12). https:\/\/versusarthritis.org\/news\/2024\/april\/distraction-expression-or-a-moment-of-joy-how-creativity-helps-people-with-arthritis\/&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>LaGarde, M. (n.d.). Window to my Past Mistakes [Oil on Canvas]. Digital. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marylagarde.com\/blog\/blog_posts\/the-power-of-narrative-art\">https:\/\/www.marylagarde.com\/blog\/blog_posts\/the-power-of-narrative-art<\/a><br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The article &#8220;Distraction, expression, or a moment of joy: How creativity helps people with arthritis&#8221; from Versus Arthritis talks about how creative activities like art, music, and writing help people with arthritis manage their pain.&nbsp; It explains that these activities can serve as a distraction, making people focus on something other than their pain.&nbsp; For [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121,"featured_media":21473,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-20186","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arts"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20186","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/121"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20186"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20186\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21480,"href":"https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20186\/revisions\/21480"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21473"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20186"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20186"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}