Day 4,278—the Convenience/Illusiveness of Art—

 

     It is five days until the new year, and so far, so good on my goals. I have started every run in silence and sat during each run for roughly 3-5 minutes. I have forgotten how much I love the silence. I would literally want to bathe in silence if it were possible, and afterward, eat the silence like it were Thanksgiving dinner. I was thinking about art this morning and what it means to most people. I don’t think it is that most people ignore art, nor do people only succumb to art like it brainwashes them to think a certain way about things. Instead, it is that most people don’t know what art is good for because they have not learned for themselves.

        If everyone was some type of artist, this wouldn’t be an issue, and if everyone didn’t already believe that they are “too smart” for art or are “too busy” for stories in the same way, this wouldn’t be a thing, but most people have been led to believe that art isn’t useful in a practical way to them, which is both sad and silly. If you have ever asked someone, “Why would anyone do that?” The answer might have more to do with their innate need to create and express themselves on an artistic level that has been largely ignored. We all have something inside us that we both want and need to share, but we have all been led to believe that part of us should be hidden: “Who knows what people will think of you if they only knew how you truly think?”