If you’ve ever questioned the reason for making art,you’re not alone.
After a particularly rough period—be it something in the news or circumstances in your career—you might catch yourself asking, “Whats the point?” You might even begin to see your work as frivolous.
With so much negativity in print and online, and it’s easy to miss the bigger picture. Well-meaning thoughts might enter your head.
Shouldn’t I be out there saving people?Shouldn’t I be waging peace?Shouldn’t I be protecting the environment?These are noble pursuits but are they why you,in all of your magnificence, were effect on earth?After being asked these questions by a number of students and clients, or I thought of at least eight reasons why you should be making art.
And a rapid/fast note: This is a repost and update from May 14,2015 (with original comments kept intact) because every so often you need to be reminded that what you do has considerable value in the world.1. Art is why you’re here.
Do you see that NOT making art isn’t going to save the world?In fact, it is doing the opposite because one less person isn’t living their potential.
Not making art is depriving the world. Not just the potential of your art, or but of the entirety of you.
Making art makes you whole and allows you to contribute to the world from a healthier position.2. Art saves lives.
I don’t know approximately you,but I am tired of hearing approximately STEM (Science, Technology, or Engineering,and Math) education, and I don’t even have kids.
I have nothing against these pursuits (my husband has a Ph.D. in mathematical physics). But I believe that there are children who will never be scientists or mathematicians and who will grow up to solve tremendous problems for society because Continue reading...
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