A Healthy Side of Art

The Local Market show that I participated in this past weekend truly demonstrated the healthy side of art. Personally speaking. I will be totally honest. As the second installment of this newly introduced show, this past weekend was not well attended - at all. The weather was oppressively HOT. We were competing with other venues in the city and other extenuating circumstances. I have complete faith in this new show; believe that it will gain traction and plan to participate in November.

Rather than permanently moping, getting angry or discouraged, this show put our talents and services to the test. Since the participants were artists, wellness providers and healing services, we really needed and used our creativity and rose to the occasion. We bartered our services for art work. We walked around with cucumber slices on our foreheads to cool off and we LAUGHED. O.K. Some of us did. Some need to take themselves less seriously.

There was a brief Green Spa tutorial from Eleanor Riley who demonstrated how using natural, seasonal, fresh, edible ingredients heals the body, mind and sole/soul. She will be participating in The Local Market in September.
I highly recommend you stop by and visit her website.

Sample recipes:

Refreshing Orange Scrub:
1/2 of an Orange
4 Tablespoons Cornmeal

Squeeze orange juice and pulp into a bowl and add the cornmeal. Mix into a paste.
Apply onto freshly washed face and body. Scrub for 2-3 minutes. Rinse, tone, moisturize*.

* Suggested Moisturizers: Olive Oil, Grapeseed Oil, Almond Oil

Citrus Herb Deodorant
1/4 cup distilled witch hazel
6 drops of lavender essential oil
3 drops rosemary essential oil
3 drops lemon essential oil
3 drops lime essential oil

Yogurt-Honey Mask:
1 Tablespoon Plain Yogurt
1 Tablespoon Honey

Add ingredients together and apply to a clean, moist face. Pat this mask onto the skin for a moisturizing, penetrating, hydrating, soothing application that will also help to clear up skin problems.


Sweet Strawberry Tooth Whitener:
Crush a strawberry and use to brush teeth as you normally would. The strawberry removes stains and gently polishes teeth for a sweet, clean smile! Be sure to use a separate toothbrush for this, as it may stain the bristles.


Art is very healthy and very healing.... personally and naturally speaking.