Art's Role

Art plays a very important role in my life. Other than the fact that it is beautiful and nice to look at, it also has a personal function to it. When I see an art piece that I like and that speaks to me I always have to stop and appreciate its form. I look at very part of it and to see different aspects of it that I can relate to or see myself in. I, myself, am not a great artist so when I see paintings like this one I am amazed at what this artist did. I feel as though the artist had made this painting for me because I love every piece of it. Because I know that the artist doesn’t know me and doesn’t know exactly what I like, it makes me believe that there is someone out there who likes what I like and who canunderstands me. It is like finding lyrics to a song that fits your mood right at that moment. Do you ever think, wow someone else knows exactly what I am feeling and exactly what I am going through?

Art has that kind of effect on me. It lets me know that I am not alone and that someone out there is feeling what I feel, likes what I like, and can express my thoughts and feelings into an art piece or a song. Art is great in that way because it doesn’t matter if the person who is making the art pieces speaks the same language that I do or lives in the same neighborhood. Art is more “up to your interpretation”, it is wordless and in that sense beautiful to different groups of people in different ways. For instance, you may look at this art piece and see somewhat abstract flowers in a vase. But I see how I felt going hiking with my friends and finding the perfect stop by the waterfall to lie down and feel the sun on my skin. Art brings me to places I have been and places that I have yet to travel. This is what role art plays in my life.

Question: In what ways is music an art?