Picasso said “the purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls”. So how does art help us communicate with our inner experience and process life events?

In this episode we look at how creative work can be a tool to make sense of events or changing times, to share or interrogate emotions and ideas and to communicate experience without words.

This episode explores the famous case of Richard Dadd, the visionary Victorian painter and asylum patient, and features interviews with artist Henry Coombes on his work as a therapist, and the charity Artlink on their innovative work.

Picasso said &ldquo;the purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls&rdquo;. So how does art help us communicate with our inner experience and process life events?
In this episode we look&nbsp;at how creative work can be a tool to make sense of events or changing times, to share or interrogate emotions and ideas and to communicate experience without words.
This episode explores the famous case of Richard Dadd, the visionary Victorian painter and&nbsp;asylum patient, and features interviews with artist Henry Coombes on his&nbsp;work as a therapist, and the charity Artlink on their innovative work.

Ewen Bremner explores the human experience through great artworks, and the people behind them, created by the National Galleries of Scotland. 

How does art reflect the lives and experiences of different people, places and times? How do our experiences and lives reflect art?

Thanks to artists, experts, our visitors and those living and working creatively Ewen explores big ideas in our main episodes, as well as six fascinating bonus stories drawn from these interviews.

Ewen Bremner explores the human experience through great artworks, and the people behind them, created by the National Galleries of Scotland.&nbsp;
How does art reflect the lives and experiences of different people, places and times? How do our experiences and lives reflect art?
Thanks to artists, experts, our visitors and those living and working creatively Ewen explores big ideas in our main episodes, as well as six fascinating bonus stories drawn from these interviews.

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