World Collage Day

Yes, there is such a thing but isn't there a day for everything now?!  This is one of my collages.  Artist Marcel Duchamp describes collage as an "alchemy of images".  You take unrelated images and combine them to form something totally new, something challenging, something intriguing.  It is such a creative pursuit so I guess it deserves its own day.  The materials are so simple, paper, pictures, scissors and glue, but with them you can create whole new worlds.  And there are  brain benefits to making art as well.  Making art invigorates the brain in ways that are distinct from merely viewing art.  Studies have credited the production of visual art with increases in functional connectivity in the brain along with enhanced activation of the visual cortex.  Sounds good to me!

Gift#133: the art of collage.