As Americans spend less time socialising, communities are rediscovering an old way of bringing people together.
![Community members raise their arms during a gratitude poem at a supper in Westbrook, Maine, in July 2025 [Courtesy of Community Plate]](https://aljazeeranews-3fuh52rgrl.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/IMG_3173-1788383247.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
As Americans spend less time socialising, communities are rediscovering an old way of bringing people together.
![Community members raise their arms during a gratitude poem at a supper in Westbrook, Maine, in July 2025 [Courtesy of Community Plate]](https://aljazeeranews-3fuh52rgrl.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/IMG_3173-1788383247.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Physician and Harvard professor Jeremy Nobel believes art can help foster connections in a time of increasing isolation.
