b"MS Focus Activitiesthe work that I thought less of my symptomsMS, she uses her left hand. She uses her tablet and other things that worried me; like clouds,for every project. She's such an inspiration to me. they rolled away, and somehow, everythingAll of this is to say, again, that where there wrong wasoverriddenbytheeuphoriaofis a will, there's a way. Any project is modiable, creating. Often, art is repetition, and when Iand I always love it when people ask me how repeat the same brushstroke, for example, thatsI can help make it suitable for them. They one way I build motor skills and neurons. I thinkoften think art is an expensive hobby, and to of it as occupational therapy, Hannah said.an extent, it is. But I'll do what I can to make Any project can be modied fun projects that won't break the bank. It's With a focused, yet personable teachingalso why I have a wide variety of different style, Hannah emphasizes the importance ofones. If you don't have the supplies for this inclusion in her classes, even down to whatweek's project, maybe you'll have the supplies she denes as accessible art supplies. Whatfor next week's, she said.I mean by that is inexpensive and modiableAs for the future, Hannah plans to provide instruments. So, for example, pencils that aremobile paint and sip services with her friend difficult to hold can be taped near the sharpened(also named Hannah), cofound a nonprot tip or scarved with a store-bought grip. Thriftywith ve other artists, create and travel for art options include markers, crayons, and coloredexhibitions, run for San Antonio city council, pencils, which run from anywhere betweenopen an animal shelter, and continue to teach $1 to $10. These are also interchangeable, so ifthe visual arts to anyone interested in learning. you don't have markers, use crayons or coloredIt may sound strange, but making art with people pencils. If you don't have colored pencils, useis my way of engaging in politics because I'm markers or crayons. You get the picture. trying to transcend the divide. Deep down, An oil pastel set costs about $6 to $10;we all want to feel connected, and doing fun you can nd larger ones for better grip, butthings like art seems an easy way to bridge crayons are a good substitute if you do notthegap.Anybodycandocreativework; have them. Watercolors are priced aroundeverybody can scribble repeatedly and still the same as oil pastels and are more subtlemake something good. If it looks like a childs and cleaner than acrylic paints; as for paper,work, thats okay. If we do not like something I almost always use mixed media because aweve done, we can always crumple up the large pad will last a long time, and the paperpaper and start again. I think so much of life is suitable for everything we do. is that, Hannah said.You still can attend class if you have none ofTo learn more and these things at home. Karen, a 2-year student in the MS Focus group, uses her Samsungregister for Hannah's art tablet and stylus. She taught herself how toclass on Mondays at use the program Penup, which came free with the tablet, and she's in her 70s. She always8pm EST, visit says that her hand is shaky, and she used tomsfocus.org/events.be right-hand dominant. But now, because of msfocusmagazine.org 38"