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Photos by Jeff Kosloski, UCHealth.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cSoleful Connections,\u201d presented by UCHealth in collaboration with the Denver Nuggets, focused on shoes \u2013 specifically, the decoration of 50 pairs of Nike Air Force 1 Low By You sneakers. But it was really about the work of University of Colorado School of Medicine pulmonary and critical-care medicine specialist Dr. Marc Moss<\/a> and colleagues at the Colorado Resiliency Arts Lab, or CORAL<\/a>. Their research has shown that art, and particularly art produced with therapeutic intent in a group setting, can be a potent force in countering life stress and work burnout among health care professionals who suffer disproportionately from it.<\/p>\n

The Jordan in question was DeAndre Jordan<\/a>, the Denver Nuggets\u2019 center who gave the six-foot-two Moss the rare experience of feeling short. Jordan, in his 16th year in the league, stands nine inches taller. That stature, combined with prodigious athleticism and basketball skills, has led Jordan to past All-NBA honors. These days, his main role is backing up Nuggets superstar Nikola Jokic, whose minutes are such that Jordan introduced himself as being \u201ca courtside season ticket holder.\u201d<\/p>\n

More than 7,000 people entered a drawing to be among the 25 pairs of humans ultimately selected to share a pair of white Nikes and a range of paints and implements with which to decorate them. Marcus Jimenez, a former New York graffiti artist turned advertising creative wizard turned entrepreneur and founder of Denver\u2019s Sicario Studios<\/a>, led the shoe-augmentation effort. But first, Jimenez, Moss, and Jordan would talk about the intersection of art, health, and basketball with the guidance of Altitude TV Denver Nuggets analyst Katy Winge.<\/p>\n

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From left, Denver Nuggets center DeAndre Jordan, Altitude TV\u2019s Katy Winge, Dr. Marc Moss, and Sicario Studios founder Marcus Jimenez at UCHealth\u2019s \u201cSoleful Connections\u201d event on Feb. 27. Photos by Jeff Kosloski, UCHealth.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Creative art therapy to tackle health care provider burnout<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Jordan described his profession as an \u201cemotional roller coaster.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s 82 games, each with 48 minutes of highs and lows,\u201d he said. \u201cTo have a pause button is something that\u2019s very healthy \u2013 whether it\u2019s journaling, art, whatever it is \u2013 Just to get you to relax and not think about those 48 minutes and trying to win another championship.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jimenez said art helped him through challenges of growing up in a violent section of Brooklyn in the 1970s and 1980s.<\/p>\n

\u201cArt was the one vehicle that helped me to channel things. I didn\u2019t know that at the time. It was art that helped me through a lot of those traumas,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Moss noted art\u2019s ability to focus the mind on the present.<\/p>\n

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UCHealth invited 50 participants selected randomly from more than 7,000 entrants to explore the nexus of art, basketball, health and culture at \u201cSoleful Connections.\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cWhen you create art, it brings you back to living in the moment, and I think sometimes in stressful situations, you get a little bit too caught up in the past or trying to figure out the future,\u201d Moss said.<\/p>\n

He also noted what you might call the knock-on effects of artistic works, be they visual, the written word, music, or dance.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat\u2019s nice about art is it can be displayed or disseminated, and through that dissemination, you can expose your art to other people who might be dealing with some of the issues that you are and help them process the same conflicts you might be having,\u201d Moss said. \u201cArtists can help themselves and others through their work.\u201d<\/p>\n

A striking study on the impact of creative art therapy on stress and burnout<\/strong><\/h2>\n

For two decades now, Moss has been at the forefront of studying workplace burnout among health care workers \u2013 particularly those in intensive care units<\/a>, where Moss also works. His efforts took on more urgency during the coronavirus pandemic, and while the pandemic may be at least officially over, the forces culminating in health care workplace burnout remain.<\/p>\n

Moss and colleagues wondered if creative arts therapy might help health care workers with signs of burnout process trauma and gain control over their psychological distress. This would happen through a structured program with trained therapists emphasizing not only artistic creation, but also community. The National Endowment for the Arts came through with a grant, and CORAL was born. The study was to start in March 2020.<\/p>\n

\"Brogan
Brogan Bugliese of Arvada freehands a red panel. His mom Susie, a hair stylist, accompanied him to \u201cSoleful Connections.\u201d \u201cI think art is a huge outlet for sure,\u201d she said. \u201cJust letting your mind wander and letting your creative side come out.\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Pandemic both hurt and helped. Shutdowns delayed the study\u2019s launch by six months, but the deluge of COVID-19 patients provided a pulse of burned-out caregivers. About 150 ended up participating in a 12-week program. They were divided among visual arts, writing, music, and dance cohorts, depending on the participant\u2019s choice. Their results would be compared to those of a control group of caregivers who didn\u2019t participate in the formal creative arts therapy program.<\/p>\n

The results<\/a> were striking. Those who received creative arts therapy \u2013 it didn\u2019t matter which \u2013 saw a 28% drop in anxiety, a 36% drop in depression, a 26% drop in PTSD, and a 12% drop in emotional exhaustion. Some of these improvements persisted to greater or lesser degrees for 12 months after the therapy sessions ended.<\/p>\n

A second clinical trial recently wrapped up, Moss says, this one focusing on nonpatient-facing health care workers such as administrators, educators, and researchers. Moss says their awaiting one-year data, but that the preliminary results look \u201cvery positive.\u201d A study cohort is in progress at UCHealth Memorial Hospital Central in Colorado Springs, and two more cohorts are slated for the Anschutz Medical Campus in Aurora, he says. The creative outputs of earlier cohorts is impressive, available for viewing online<\/a> and part of an exhibition<\/a> currently at the Lighthouse Writer\u2019s Workshop and soon headed to the Colorado State Capitol.<\/p>\n

It may not be the shoes, but it could be the art<\/strong><\/h2>\n

After the discussion, Moss and son Dylan, 25, were among those decorating shoes at \u201cSoleful Connections.\u201d Someone asked Moss what was harder, setting up a research program or decorating a shoe.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s harder right now,\u201d he said, as he taped around a Nike swoosh as Jimenez had suggested, to provide sharper lines of color. \u201cI\u2019m struggling.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Jenna
Jenna Swedenberg of Denver, right, and Ellen Steiner of Auroa get to work on their Nikes during an event that highlighted the stress-relief power of creative art therapy.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

But he was in the moment, immersed the task he and the others had about two hours to complete. So was Jeana Swedenberg of Denver. A researcher herself (though in the utilities industry), she had been fascinated by the discussion of the scientific quantification of art in stress reduction. She was not overconfident.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve never done this,\u201d Swedenberg admitted, though she said she had checked out online videos on do\u2019s and don\u2019ts. \u201cBut this is really exciting, and DeAndre is my favorite player.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jordan, for his part, ended up with a new set of shoes that were Nike\u2019s solely at their sole. Jimenez had stripped away the original Air Jordan 1 uppers and built what he dubbed a pair of \u201cDJ Pythons,\u201d size 18, to fit the guest of honor (technically, this is a \u201cdecon\/recon\u201d). They were 55 hours of artistic creation in the making, and sported vegetable-tanned leather, Italian full-grain leather, and actual python skin to match the fabric dragons from Asian-inspired streetwear brand Maharishi. Jimenez lined them with lambskin and added a custom insole.<\/p>\n

\"Jordan
Jordan and Jimenez with the one-of-a-kind, size-18 \u201cDJ Pythons\u201d by Jimenez\u2019s Sicario Studios.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cThey\u2019re not good for the court,\u201d Jimenez cautioned.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut they\u2019re good for the tunnel,\u201d Jordan said.<\/p>\n

Moss says it was an honor that his team\u2019s creative art therapy work was featured at \u201cSoleful Connections.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cOne of CORAL\u2019s goals is to raise awareness of the psychological distress in healthcare professionals, and this event [with the Denver Nuggets] helps inform members of the general public about this growing problem,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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