Art is important y’all!!
I’ve always known, but it just hit me like a truck how important art is.
All types of art; painting, music, writing, sculpting etc etc
Someone else’s writing inspired me to make music
My music inspired my sister to pick up an instrument and learn how to play my song, and I was so touched I wanted to make more music
Music makes me happy, and a happy me can make more music and makes me take care of myself more which leads to me studying better, which leads to me getting a job in a field I can help people face to face.
But music leading to me helping people is not why art is important.
Art is important for many, maaany other reasons too, for example:
. it can help someone get their mind off of other things in their life
. it can help people remember things they have forgotten
. in my field of work (elderly people with dementia) art can help calm people, art they recognize from their youth can make them feel safer in situations that are hard
. it can inspire people to create, take care of themselves, to live
I could go on and on and on
Those who say that art is not important, that being an artist of any sort is not a “real job”, you are very much mistaken
Art is essential.
