Art as Medicine in the Age of Machines

Art as Medicine in the Age of Machines marks the conclusion of my series The Gaze Reclaimed. After seven episodes honouring women artists who fought to be seen, I turn to our present reality: a time where human creativity is once again at risk of erasure.

Today, billions of artworks are silently scraped into datasets without consent, feeding machines that produce hollow images. Yet art is not a product of code. Art is presence, resonance, and transformation. Science now gives us the words—neuroaesthetics—to confirm that art regulates our nervous systems, heals trauma, and strengthens our humanity.

This is not just history. It is our future. And the choice is clear: reduce art to pixels, or reclaim it as medicine for the soul.

Art Talk has evolved in Brushstrokes of Being: Art is the Cradle of Our Soul

0:00 Intro | Brushstrokes of Being
1:05 The Gaze Reclaimed – past to present
6:11 What is art, really?
9:40 Neuroaesthetics: art as medicine
13:08 Painting, Photography & AI – three different entities
17:55 Children, creativity, and the danger of neglect
22:12 Why artists matter now more than ever
32:48 Closing | Reclaiming the gaze

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