Why Art Belongs in Healing Spaces

In hospitals, we talk a lot about clinical care, protocols, procedures, precision, but int the moments between those sterile walls, there are stories too - quiet, aching, unfinished stories.

As with an artis and theatre nurse. Ive come to believe that art has avital role in these spaces. Not as a decoration, but as a form of human connection. A visual language that says, I see you, You matter.

Through my Masters studies in Domestic Violence Response, Ive learned that trauma can silence the voice - but creativity gives it shape again.

A painting on a wall, a sketch in a waiting room, or a shared moment over colour, all become entry points for compassion.

Healing doesn’t only happen under anaesthetic or in therapy. Sometimes it happens quite, when someone feels recognised in an image, when a piece of art mirrors back their strength.