Bill Thomas

Music Artist and Author of a self-published novella "the Three Souls". 

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The Impact of Art on Our Lives

Have you ever watched a movie that struck your heart because you relate to it on a certain level? Or, read a classic book that still is relevant until now? Both of these and other works of art can move us so much that our perception of things deepens. The impact of art is necessary for individuals’ growth and even society’s. Having stated that, there is no point of scaling down the worth of art into vanity. Art is the voice of the unheard and the vision for progress of a once blinded individual in a society full of injustices. Moreover, it is used as a medium of ideas that inspires the growth of other ideas. This rippling impact awakens the victims of social injustices and thereby compels people to correct them. Individual Impact of Art In a personal light, the way art affects us permits us to deviate from its general interpretation. Because there is little to great difference in individual experiences, we, therefore, create our personal interpretations. This difference, however, does not define a person’s intellect. Rather, it delineates his past journey and defines how it has made him. Additionally, art exposes all human emotions and validates what social constructs do not. We so often detach ourselves from emotions that we think are not valid. But, art permits us to cherish these emotions and therefore celebrate being human in peace. Consequently, reasons of a misunderstood concept would flourish. Art is not simply a way of showing off a perfected talent. Rather, it is a way of exposing the truth of this world and perhaps the absurdity of humanity’s ways. In this sense, art mocks us for the creation of illogical concepts detrimental to the nature of man. We sometimes miss the point that the presentations of truth through art is our greatest entertainment. We are the greatest entertainment for ourselves. Read the full article

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Using Art in Solving Social Issues

Some people recognize art as crafts with multitudinous beauty used to mainly woo the 5 physical senses of man. However, art isn’t simply a display of perfected skills enhanced through time. It is also a silent shout that reveals the scandals of a society. For this reason, it emboldens people to fight and correct social issues. To simply word it, we can use art in solving social issues. Art in Solving Social Issues and Scandals From the distant past up to this era, you have probably heard about the banning of controversial films or other literary works. Do you think it has something to do with poor ratings? Obviously, a literary work has to be reviewed to check if its content is appropriate to the public. During this phase, the most controversial works don’t make it because of the power of its content. And, in this case, power means ideas that stand as a threat to the scandals present in a society. For example, Dan Brown’s The Da Vinci Code earned the disapproval of Christian and Catholic leaders due to its “blasphemous content.” For this reason, countries such as India, Lebanon, and many other countries and religious institutions banned the material. The aforementioned book reveals the vulgar practices of the Christian church. The book aims to enlighten readers that such a “pure” institution has the proclivity for ill will. Other works of art such as Pablo Picasso’s Guernica (1937) is a huge mural that depicts the 1937 massacre of a Basque village. Since then, it has represented every bombed city. From 1937 until the present, the painting’s powerful message, denouncing the savagery of fascism, made it a worthy subject for contention. During the Vietnam War in 1967, artists petitioned that the painting be removed as a protest against the war. The manifestations of social issues in artworks send important messages to society. They compel people to come to their senses and therefore recognize the scandals before them. Although perils lie in the wake of artists, their works grant them the courage to speak out. And, to them, this courage is enough to overcome any fears of peril.   Featured photo from Spectator. Read the full article

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How Art Influences Cultures and Societies

No matter where you look at, there is always a manifestation of art. From the skyscrapers, your garments, the book you are reading, to the very way you are living your life. Everything is art—even the teachings that society imparts to you. In fact, you are a living art yourself. Do you know why? Well, that’s because art influences cultures and societies. You might be oblivious to the fact that your actions and everything around you are influenced by art. Studying the early civilizations of men will make you realize why the present is a product of art. From your graceful poise to your way of thinking, you’ll see the likeness that manifests in the various art from the past. As you can see, art isn’t simply about wooing the interests of men. It influences cultures and societies so that they evolve further into better ones. Art’s influence is more than that: it fosters positive change, encourages individuals to express oneself, maps the errors and frailties of humans, promotes certain mundane practices and etc. Both visual arts and literature affects the perspective of a group. Without these, the group struggles to evolve and to embrace change. These forms of art impel individuals to enhance their perspectives and thereby consider the thoughts they have never conceived. Thereafter, the group would act based on the philosophies or ideas of the artist. Moreover, art serves as a voice to denounce the wicked actions present in a culture or a society. For example, Dante Alighieri’s La Divina Comedia boldly points out the corrupt politicians. Despite the dangers of the endeavor, artists do not fear their demise for what matters to them is that their ideas be dispersed. As their ideas reach the vast community, there is a big chance that people will immortalize their works. Not because of a story’s plot or how well-crafted a painting is. Rather, it’s because of the significance of an event. Art is a collection of ideas that influence the way of living and thinking of a culture and society. There’s no question about it. If you study the periods of different art movements, you are able to determine the influence of art in each period. Some of these influences even exist in today’s era. Read the full article

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How the Development of Art Affected Our Lives

Over the course of time, our lives have evolved dramatically. The development of art has aided humanity’s progress and has inspired ideas for betterment to sprout. Art has, throughout, been a great influence in shaping the present and the future. Hence, the famous saying of Oscar Wilde: “Life imitates Art far more than Art imitates Life." The ideas that manifest in an artwork is a glimpse into the future we want. Unknowingly, we start to notice how these ideas come to life as time progresses. Whatever we conceive and then obsess, it eventually becomes our reality. The Development of Art and the Development of Our Lives Art is not solely an expression of oneself but, too, is a map to a future that may come true. In this era, art has made its way to the digital world. Futuristic art directors see the film industry as a gateway to humanity’s never-ending development. Moreover, their ideas create an appeal that would compel Science and Math advocates to breathe them into life. If the ideas fail to appeal to an audience, artists move on and proceed to create more ideas with their creative minds. The development of art is, in itself, humanity’s development. However, the ideas that artists mesh in their life works may come in riddles. Otherwise, sensitive critics may attack artists personally and discourage them in their crafts. Therefore, hindering humanity to progress. Art’s evolution has always inspired people to the path of progress. Compelled by the power of art, we imitate the ideas manifested in artworks for the betterment of our lives. This explains why a constant development of art means a constant development of our lives. This is a part of art’s multitude that we don’t speak much of. Yet, it’s a fact that only a few have observed. Everything great we witness in the world is birthed from the minds of great artists and their works. Read the full article

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Appreciating Art: Understanding the Phases of Time

As exponents of the art, we understand that there are depths when it comes to appreciating art. Art isn’t simply about pleasing the basic senses of man. The appreciation on art goes beyond superficiality. Hence, the various forms of art have traversed through time with only cynicism to mar its grandeur. As there are various depths in appreciating art, this article focuses on art appreciation for understanding the phases of time. Appreciating Art by Understanding the Phases of Time Through art, we can understand the history of the world. It helps us discover the lost arcane knowledge that fills the gaps of common claims. Not only does art help us understand the history, but it also helps us understand how things are in the present. Our understanding of the events in various phases of history may not be as rich as we think it is. However, we can dig up the truths by carefully observing the style and subjects of artworks. The history books only know so much of the truth while other details of the truth are kept secret and forgotten. However, the truth can manifest in the arts. Although some truths appear enigmatic, it is up to us to decipher its message. Moreover, art helps us understand the phases of time and how art influenced the changes in style and architectures. Art has made a huge contribution to the progression of various societies. The ideas that the past artists weaved in their crafts had made such progress possible. Also, some artworks are very personal. Nonetheless, the ideas and feelings that manifest in them are universal, thereby granting us the chance to know what the lifestyles and interests of people were. By studying an artwork, it leads us to thoughts that will force the truths out of history. With all stated above, our appreciation for art should never lie solely on its superficial beauty. We should carve the significance of every message that manifests in every work of art. Read the full article

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Art Therapy: Healthy Benefits of Indulging in Art

Art encourages people to express themselves. For this reason, it has become a tool that caters to the emotional and mental well-being of individuals. Psychotherapists use art therapy to give their clients the chance to connect with them. The idea of art therapy is that creative expression encourages individuals to heal mentally and emotionally. It almost sounds unbelievably shocking to hear there is healing in arts, and why it has something to do with psychotherapy. The answer to that is simple. Art therapy encourages people to express themselves creatively without being judged. This is a way of purging the stress factors that trouble them. More than that, it also allows them to acknowledge who they really are and what they truly feel. This is their way of opening up and acknowledging the problems they have denied for so long. What Are the Benefits of Art Therapy? There are numerous benefits of art therapy, and below are four of them: Alleviate Symptoms of Depression The number of clinically depressed people have surged at an epidemic rate. According to a report by the World Health Organization (WHO) in 2015, more than 300 million people were diagnosed with the disorder. Most people who suffered from depression were women. What aggravates the condition is the fear of expressing people’s feelings to others. As a consequence, an imbalance in their hormones occur. Art therapy gives these individuals the chance to relieve themselves from their troubles. This method helps combat the chemical imbalances that result to depression. With the guidance of professionals, depressed individuals start to open up. Mitigates Traumas Developed from the Past In the development of traumas, individuals avoid confronting them. Most often than not, they develop unhealthy habits as a distraction. However, avoidance of traumas never resolves the traumas themselves. Instead, the trauma worsens over time and would resurface in the future. Art helps individuals confront their traumas without being judged. As they confront and acknowledge their feelings, they start to move forward. A Healthy Distraction In times of great distress, we splurge on unhealthy habits as a way to distract ourselves. However, these unhealthy ways of coping with distress only provide a momentary high. They are highly detrimental to our well-being, which only exacerbates the situation. Engaging in artistic activities helps people keep their minds off of negative thoughts. More than that, they are able to enhance their artistic skills without further damaging themselves. Helps Connect with Other Individuals Some people find it difficult to connect with others due to fear of expressing their thoughts or emotions. However, art therapy promotes self-expression and thereby develop their skills to communicate. Art’s purpose is too great for us to reduce its definition to developing beautiful senseless subjects only. It’s a medium that encourages personal growth and fosters healing to our well-being. So, when you feel troubled, indulge yourself with therapeutic artistic activities. Read the full article

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Art Is Therapeutic: Painting Emotions

An artist finds solace in his crafts. This isn’t simply because he knows how skillful he is. Rather, it’s because, with his creative mind, he expresses himself best. To him, art is therapeutic. They paint the unfathomable abstract aspects of life. Having stated that, they also paint the forms and mysteries of human emotions. In a world that preys in human frailties, we thicken our skin to show no sign of weaknesses. We deprive ourselves of the chance to express what we want to. As a consequence, some of us drown in our emotions. Thereafter, our rationality dissipates until madness takes over us. A Matter of Truth: Art Is Therapeutic There is a need for us to express ourselves. However, some of us find it difficult, so we seek relief through art. Art permits us the courage to be ourselves and thus show the world the mysterious multitudes that truly define us. A common challenge in expressing our feelings is explaining it through words. So, we start painting our emotions. If paintings are your thing, you have probably seen a work that strikes the emotions you suppress. You feel an immediate connection to it despite not knowing who the artist is. Although words fail you, you are certain that the painting speaks to and of you. Other painters paint back as a reply to the artwork they connect to. Moreover, in the process of painting something, there are instances when realizations brew. Hence, the outcome of the artwork differs from what we first imagined. After painting, we become entirely a new person with a whole new level of perspective. Painting our emotions not only purges us of the cumbersome weight we drag. It allows us the time to confront with our true selves. All the façade falls apart, and personal growth awaits us. People immortalize the name of the painters whose passions have purged the great distresses of humanity. Because of them, those who find it hard to express themselves are able to. They have instilled in us the true value of arts and of humanity. Read the full article

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Expressing Pain through Songs – Life Tragedies

If we sum up life, we know well enough it’s a journey with joyful and painful moments. And, that’s about it as our experiences and expressions differ in degree from one another. However, if we dig into the mysteries of life, we find our unique reasons for happiness and pain. The reasons might be a total cliché, but the way we feel them makes us think it’s a new mystery of feelings unfolded. Thereafter, we start expressing pain and happiness through art. I express mine through songs. In this blog, I’m going to focus on expressing my pains through songs as a way of purging the weight that burdens my chest. Expressing Pain and Heartaches through Songs As an artist, we have this way of pouring our heartaches in our crafts. Songs alleviate all the sorrows that weighs a heart. It expresses vividly the turmoil that people go through. This explains why listeners hear the melodious agony that a songwriter expresses. Moreover, some listeners may interpret sad songs very differently from how the composer interprets it. However, there’s a commonality of pain that the audience and the composer feels though they differ in degrees. After all, the root of all heartaches are the same. But, the major point in song composition is not merely about allowing the audience to be acquainted with a familiar sadness. Rather, it’s for artist to find growth by realizing the destruction they are in. When expressing pain through songs, you get to relieve vividly the moments that made you sad. You tend to immortalize these moments—with a touch of aesthetic that is. From the loop of sadness you create, you’re able to realize significant things that will allow you to grow. Thus, you break the chains of sadness that binds you. There is great purgation of life’s negativities by coping with misery through art. When the world doesn’t have the heart to acknowledge what we’re going through, art expressions save us from life’s tragedies. Therefore, as you feel yourself spiraling down, always remember you’re never alone. The arts are always with you, so fall gloriously. Read the full article

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The Power of Music: On Music and Health

We can all agree how a personal favorite song sets the mind in a sudden shift. It triggers an emotional response and thus sets your mood. Aside from that, there are songs that take you back to a dear or dreadful memory. Nonetheless, music puts us in a vulnerable state that encourages us to express what we suppress. This is the power of music. The Healing Power of Music Now, how is there healing in art—specifically—musicwhen songs are composed to appeal to the audience? Well, aside from expressing the artist’s feelings and/or showing his skills that is. Music is therapeutic. Scientific discoveries have shown that music is capable of influencing complex neurobiological brain processes. That said, the power of music leads to medical breakthroughs as music now plays a vital role in medical treatments. Moreover, there is also spiritual healing in music aside from psychological and physiological healing. Music calms down a person, lifts his spirit, purges his sorrows, and keeps him in touch with another version of himself. Having said that, he gets to recognize his worth and would not, for the world, allow any negativities to disturb his inner peace. Music puts us in a state that allows us to calmly evaluate any situations carefully. You see, music isn’t only an art to please an audience. Nor, it is something that performers choose for mere intermissions. It’s more than that. If you find it hard to understand, recall a time when you listened to a heartbreaking song while you and lover split up. All the lyrics would finally make sense, you have your personal interpretation of lines and whatnot. You begin to acknowledge the cohesive perfection of all the song’s elements. As you relate to the song on a spiritual level, your aching mitigates dramatically. Music is, indeed, not solely for aesthetic purposes. It has had a lot of medical breakthroughs and has helped people through their personal struggles. To better word it, music is a combination of great Art and great Science. Read the full article

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Art Feeds Man's Hunger

Man’s hunger for meaning and purpose leads him to profound philosophies. However, these philosophies aren’t enough to satiate his hunger. Hence, new philosophies emerge one after another. Fortunately, art feeds man’s hunger more than philosophies ever could. How so? Art expressions speak of things to man of matters that we often give so little notice about. Without obvious explanations, it allows him to reflect deeply on these matters. This state of broadened perspective makes man consider the things that never crossed his mind. In the hopes of finding answers, meaning, and purpose, men may just yet discover them through art. Seemingly Insatiable: Man’s Hunger and Art The thirst for knowledge and the hunger for 3 things namely answers, meaning, and purpose often frustrate man. This frustration can lead to existential nihilistic views. This philosophy highly breeds to cynicism. The exhaustion of seeking these 3 makes man accept the life of eternal hunger. Luckily, art touches a part of man’s soul. Art puts him in a meditative state that his pessimism and cynicism begins to shatter. Thereafter, his views on the world renew dramatically. Although art doesn’t fully satiate man’s hunger, it keeps him steady amid the confusions in life. “Life imitates art far more than art imitates life” —Oscar Wilde, The Decay of Lying This famous adage answers why man needs art to fulfill his ultimate duty, which is to seek the 3 things. The answers are in the art. Of course, it’s possible that the answer lies not in the personal interpretation of the artist. We could find the answer in a collection of subjective interpretation of an audience. Sometimes the answers lie in our personal interpretation of certain things. This is why art feeds man’s greatest hunger. The interpretation of man regarding an artwork defines him. That said, he comes across a crossroad where he may decide to refine his thinking or persist on his current belief—but, with a more critical understanding of it. We call this hunger seemingly insatiable because no one knows for sure if this will ever be sated. What really are these three things that we seek of? We have all the keys, but we don’t know which ones are for these three. Is there even a need to find them, or should we just find contentment in what we have now? Read the full article

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Degrees of Creativity: On Art

We define creativity through an exemplary output of a work. Most times, our definition goes with a scant to no understanding at all on the process. Even more so, we disregard the varying degrees of creativity when studying an expression of art. If you’re an art advocate, you recognize the levels of creativity that sets an artwork or artists from the rest. That said, we begin to classify ourselves as advocates of a specific approach to art. Moreover, as our understanding of the degrees of creativity deepens, these degrees compel us to become better on our crafts. What Are the Degrees of Creativity? Expressive Expressive creativity is the level where an artist pours his feelings into his craft with a striking quality due to its directness. What draws viewers, readers, or listeners is the exposure of the artist’s vulnerability. The innocence of his raw feelings unexpectedly permeates through the soul of an audience. Productive The next level of creativity uses technical skills and therefore exercise restrictions and control. This is the level when an artist develops proficiency, thereby permitting his creative expression to multitudinous ways. Inventive This level is where an artist starts experimenting with their works. Through various materials, familiar techniques, and an in-depth understanding of his art’s elements, he explores another approach to art. He begins to break the rules in the hopes of birthing to a new form of art. Innovative The fourth degree of creativity is innovation where the artist modifies his work with a specified concept. This gives birth to a personal output. With the use of the aforementioned degrees plus his innovative skills, the artist most likely awaits a breakthrough. Imaginative The 5th and the highest level of creativity is the imaginative creativity, also called the genius level. This level establishes a new principle that inspires other artists to mimic a particular style so a predominant art movement emerges. Some would argue that this degree is something that an individual is born with. Read the full article

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The Power of Art Is Overwhelming

The power of art suffices the needs and wants of a human soul. To some people, art simply is an aesthetic that covers up the ugliness of this world. They think it’s just some useless passed-down tradition of beauty that distracts people from stress. Talking about beauty, they define the grounds of beauty in art as skin deep. Moreover, people have slowly forgotten the power of art. Perceiving it as plain vanity, art’s potential to help humanity becomes invalidated. However, the majority of the people in this generation could care less about it. This is because the influence of art has declined drastically over the last years. One good example of this is the senseless production of the postmodern songs. Most of the songs today focus on fancy lifestyles and pornography with contemptible lyrics. Fortunately, there are still artists who preserve the true meaning of art. Preserving the Power of Art Despite swerving from the path of “true” art, there are still determined artists who wish to preserve art’s truth. But, what is the truth about art? Art displays or represents the truths of our surrounding in an artistic manner. This results in acknowledging these truths and reflect perpetually on them. Artworks mean to address social issues and thus appeal to human emotions. Having stated that, art grants us awareness about serious matters that are often ignored. Some artists are brave enough to share the truth of a system’s fault. Despite the dangers of doing so, they aim to expose these ill will in enigmatic ways—sometimes present them as they are. This is exactly why art is a powerful thing that can potentially change the course of time. The power of art allows people to feel and know the deeper truths of a certain matter. Furthermore, art also addresses personal issues—universal internal issues that we keep as a secret. Through art, we acquire the courage to face internal conflicts. Thusly, it aids us in our journey to overcome them. The power of art is overwhelming as it permeates the invulnerable parts of ourselves. No matter how deep we hide our secrets, art digs it up and compels you to confront it bravely. Having said that, works of art allow us to release the suppressed emotions. Therefore, all the tension and the negative emotions find themselves expressed and thus relieve us from the distress they bring. These are the reasons why there is a need to preserve the power of art. Rather than promoting insensible postmodern art, we should find the path back to the real art. One that allows us to come face to face with the nature of our existence—not one that defiles or insults it. Read the full article

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Life in Art: How Art Influences People

Art has lived and evolved through generations. As Time welcomes the transition of a new generation, art continues to forbear Time’s trials. Some cultures and practices die at a certain point in time, but art, though changing, ages with Time. This is because the manifestation of life in art influences the ways of people’s lifestyles. In other words, art influences people and greatly redefines the birth of a new generation. Art Influences People Up until this era, there are still people who think so little of art. Perceiving art as superficial, they discredit its significance to humanity. Little do they know how art greatly influences people, cultural progress, scientific advancements, and others. Yes, art influences people. Art significantly impacts a person’s life that it exposes him to levels of unexplored perspectives. Through art, his understanding of the world and the lives inside it enhances dramatically. A lot of people think it’s impossible for art to have such influence. Why? Because to them is art is just a subject for earthly pleasure. Art definitely is not that shallow and vain. For people to see the truth of art, they should start considering it as a medium that connects us all. Songs, paintings, literature, sculptures, and other expressions of art reveal the side of human weaknesses that most of us are embarrassed to show. In other words, art puts us in a vulnerable state so that we come face to face with our weaknesses. From this, we slowly come to understand our misunderstandings. Thus, we develop resolutions to overcome these weaknesses through critical thinking. Art influences people to think beyond the borders of already-established notions. This is the true beauty of art: to affect people in all human aspects. Its beauty doesn’t simply lie on whatever pleases our taste. Rather, the beauty of art is how it plants its seeds in the core of our existence. From this point onwards, it is up to us if we water and pay attention to what art has planted in us. Read the full article

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The Beauty in Art Goes Deep

Beauty is a paradox, yet people continue to argue over its grounds and degrees. They dissect its superficiality, meaning, and other elements to determine the beauty present in artworks. However, people who are not advocates of art, have a narrow understanding of the beauty in art. Their judgments only vary from what pleases the eyes. Hence, they come to appreciate solely what they can understand—that is, the trend that’s predominant in a culture. Hence, they fail to perceive the reality of the beauty in art. Determining the Depths of the Beauty in Art The depths of beauty in art goes deep; its beauty relies not solely on whimsical trends. Rather, it’s the concealed meaning in an art and our personal interpretations of it. When looking or experiencing a work of art, we interpret its meaning based on our experiences or on personal understanding of life. In the process of interpreting things, something inside us stirs. Thereafter, we ponder on countless realizations and begin to reevaluate the flow of our life. This moment calls to the heart, mind, and soul. You see, the beauty of art relies not on its spectacles. Its beauty runs so deep that it touches the core of our being. We should learn to base art’s beauty on its capacity to affect people. Even if the effects of an art is minimal, it helps mold its spectator. In Leo Tolstoy’s What Is Art?, he states In order correctly to define art, it is necessary, first of all, to cease to consider it as a means to pleasure and to consider it as one of the conditions of human life. Viewing it in this way we cannot fail to observe that art is one of the means of intercourse between man and man. Art isn’t simply about beautiful things that feed our senses with mere pleasure. The true beauty in art is, most times, exposing the truth of human wretchedness, presented beautifully with undeniable boldness. This is the paradox of beauty. Read the full article

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There is Healing in Art

There are times when a certain emotion refuses to be expressed. Despite trying our best to understand it, we don’t know where its root lies. This frustrates us even more and only amplifies the weight of that emotion. Yet, through the healing in art, the emotions we fail to understand find themselves expressed. There are a lot of healing art projects and programs aimed to grant comfort to those who suffer from distress. Art comforts the weary souls—it’s an understatement. However, only a few people actually realize that there is healing in art. This is, perhaps, because of the ways we cope with life’s distress. Realize the Healing in Art When battling with our demons, we sometimes excuse ourselves with detrimental, hedonistic approach:  heavy intake of alcohol, chain-smoking, stress eating, and the like. Though some of us feel the relief we seek of through these actions, our health declines drastically. The gradual decline of our health only results in the exacerbation of our struggles. The safest way to relieve our heart, mind, and soul is to indulge ourselves in the world of art. There is healing in art that purges all the emotion that weigh us down. The random beauties and sheer oddities that manifest on artworks help us express we have long suppressed. As a result, we no longer feel heartaches as intensely as before. With this approach to recovery from distress, we don’t compromise our physical health. Art is never at all superficial; it is an essential that sustains life itself. It may not repair worn out tissues in the body, but it is capable of restoring this world. In a world where heartache reigns supreme, only art knows best the ways of healing us. If you find your life in inexplicable riddles, transform it into art. Maybe, by then, all that was once a blur will finally become clear as day. Read the full article

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Saving the Losing Arts

Little is it known how quickly we are losing the arts that have defined various generations. The liking for art has had a sharp decline over the years. Although there are still advocates of the losing arts, people who deem art as insignificant to this era still dominates. These are the type of people who take art for granted. Art almost never gets its credits. Looking at an advanced invention, we immediately consider its technicalities. We often overlook the artistic inspiration of the design. This is not merely an art for aesthetic issue alone. It’s more than that. By understanding art more than an aesthetic, we may just yet succeed in saving the losing arts. So, what is art and how is it significant in today’s digital era? Art and Its Significance Art plays a significant role in our society. It does not only exist to send extreme gratification to our senses. The beauty that manifests on art is its unspoken content. Yes, art is a powerful medium that delivers a message in a very impactful way. A lot of famous artists were captured during their time due to the political scandals exposed in their crafts. However, the issues did not limit in politics alone. Religion, economics, falsified history, mistrials, and other human scandals became exposed through art. Many cunning artists succeeded in hiding social issues that critics failed to comprehend the underlying message of their crafts. Art represents issues of certain timelines. This is exactly why art remains significant, despite the era that we live in. Surely enough, the postmodern approach to art is far too different from the classical era's. But, this doesn’t excuse us from completely forgetting the classical works. After all, the postmodern movement emerged with visible traces of these artworks. Advocating Substantive Art to Preserve the Losing Arts It takes a profound understanding of art for us to preserve the losing arts. Considering the generation we are in, art for aesthetic purposes has dominated the field of art. As a consequence, people perceive art as vainglorious outputs of skills. As this continues to stain art’s reputation, the losing arts will eventually get lost in the progression of time. To save and preserve the losing arts, we must advocate ourselves to substantive artworks. Let us refrain from creating art that mocks art itself. This instance is extremely rampant in today’s pop culture, especially in the music industry. As this attempt on art predominates the field of art, it becomes a culture forced into the next generation. As a result, the substantive classical artworks are doomed to be forgotten. Relishing in artworks that speak volumes of moral helps promote the preservation of the losing arts. Not only that, it halts the senseless production of “art” that mocks art itself. By stopping the wretched state of today’s pop culture we definitely could make art great again. Read the full article

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Poems Express What We Can't

Poems express what we fail to express in person. To others, poems are simply a sophisticated arrangement of words, comprising of meters, length, rhymes, and other elements of poetry—always judging a poem by its elements, yet completely forgetting about the manifestation human expressions. As per the world-renowned poet, Robert Frost, poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words. Indeed, there are emotions that become too vague for us to comprehend, especially if emotions overwhelm us. These emotions make hazy of our judgment; thus, coming to a rational understanding of things becomes difficult. To make these emotions comprehensible, poems translate emotions into a written art. How Do Poems Express what Our Heart Desires to? Poems express the feelings that linger in the dark recesses of our heart. As these feelings forcibly rise, our chest aches so much that these feelings demand release. So, poets enter into a dreamy state and write to their hearts' content. Should you wish to express your hurting, poetry is the best medium to alleviate the pain. It purges the heart of a crushing weight that pins our spirits down or breaks our hearts. Moreover, poetry is an artistic expression that glorifies the truth of our feelings. Although there are those who invalidate our feelings, poetry helps us release the gravity and the truth of our feelings. Due to the intangibility of our feelings, poems make them vivid. Thus, we then have a better understanding of the gravity and the truth of our emotions. Poem – More than a Sophisticated Art Composition Poetry is not simply a composition to woo women and men, nor is it merely a sophisticated art composition. It’s more than that. Through poems, we are able to understand the similarities of each individual, timelines, and esoteric practices of certain cultures. Aside from that, we could have a better understanding of ourselves by understanding the feelings of others. Poems are not only beautiful words perfectly put in together. They are more than sophisticated art compositions. The beauty of poetry does not limit itself to the boundaries of its elements. Rather, this literary genre’s beauty is measured by how it shapes the present and the future of everyone. Read the full article