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Decorating Office with Pictures
by Sue Kennedy
Learn the benefits of introducing art into your office or home
as a strategy for helping to reduce your stress levels and your
employees too.
Simply put stress is defined as a real or interpreted threat to
our mind or body that makes us take action. It varies with each
individual person.
Imagine you're in the office, the phone keeps ringing, but you
are trying to concentrate on a report you should have finished
yesterday, and every time you check your email there is another
batch of emails that need replies. So you stay late and a
colleague assumes this is an invitation to chat to you for
20 minutes about nothing important.
Everyone copes differently; perhaps you reach for a coffee &
cake, or go out for a cigarette break or enjoy a glass of wine at
the end of the day. Or maybe all three?! How you react and how
you handle the stresses of everyday living can determine your
well being both physically and mentally. Stress has been linked
to all the leading causes of death, including heart disease,
cancer, accidents and suicide.
Not all stress in life comes from negative events - perhaps you
have just landed a new better paying job or contract. They key is
balance - learning how to relax and control your reaction to the
stressors in life.
Once you learn how to relax you not only reduce you stress
levels, you strengthen your entire immune system and well being.
Just avoiding 'boosters' like cigarettes and chocolate and taking
short 'relaxation' breaks throughout the day gives your body &
mind a chance to repair. Finding what works for you is just as
important as figuring out what your triggers are.
How does this link to art in the work place I hear you ask?
Well, we've all experience a moment when we've been out and about
and visited a place that every time we think about it are senses
are filled with a warm memory of the time we saw a sunset across
the water that turned everything a pinky orange or the view from
the top of a mountain we have just climbed. We can feel the wind
and sun, as it was that day and smell the air.
Every time we think of it we are transported back to that moment
in time. It's one of the reasons we enjoying visiting new places,
stepping out of our everyday routines to experience something new
- it makes you feel alive and restores your spirits.
Now imagine that you have a piece of artwork in your office that
did just that. It sufficiently holds your attention so that you
could 'get lost in the piece' releasing your mind and providing a
sense of privacy in a busy open place office. Often that's when
the best solutions or ideas are born - when your mind is relaxed.
Surely that's better than working in windowless rooms with bland
coloured walls, breathing recycled air and lit with harsh
artificial light?
Add to it the fact you are enhancing the look of your workspace
and making an important statement about your company, its ethos
& style and creating a pleasant environment. Surely that’s a
compelling enough reason to choose the right art for your office?
Sue Kennedy is an UK based photographer specialising in outdoor
photography and works on commission for companies & individuals
as well as shooting for picture libraries. To purchase from
Sue’s current print and card selection visit her Website:
http://www.blueeyesphoto.com
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