Art Makes The Way

“Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time”, a heartfelt saying from an American writer Thomas Merton, tells us how ‘art’ gets us closer to ourselves.
Art communicates with us and links us with actuality, it is a language of unspoken words. Art gives us the freedom to go beyond our imagination and open new doors to creativity and engrossing experiences. It can change the way we look around us, we just need to perceive its connectivity to our lives, our life is surrounded by art. Art shows us the world in many different aspects and makes our every experience colorful.
 

Art has various forms like paintings, dance, music, poetry, etc. which never fail to drive us away from reality and bring us closer to it at the same time. Try explicating a painting from an artist, and you’ll be enchanted to know what it really means and feel connected to it. It is thrilling what an artist’s mind can visualize.
‘The girl before the mirror’, a famous painting by the celebrated artist Pablo Picasso portrays a bright figure of a girl standing before a mirror, the mirror shows a dark and distorted image of the girl, maybe she sees her flaws in the mirror that the world doesn’t see or maybe the girl’s pain and fears are reflected that she might not be attractive for long. The mirror symbolizes the revelation of truth.
 

Music is a universal language and an inextricable part of our lives that never fails to motivate us. We have music for every situation that can get along with our present mood. So, we can never go on without music. Jazz, rock music, folk, classical, raps, etc. are all different kinds of music that depict various emotions that touch our soul.

Dance is an emotion, a delightful and powerful expression by moving the body with the rhythm and conveying different sentiments. Each step has some significance. Dance has been a part of human history for ages. It expresses attitude, thoughts, beliefs, and emotions. It connects us with religion and spirituality, for example, Kathak is one of the six types of Indian classical dance. Kathak is a storytelling system within Hindu temples to depict the epic tales of Hindu scriptures, Mahabharata, and Ramayana. Dance speaks the language of the soul.
 

Art makes you feel alive. It connects us to the profundity of life so we have delightful experiences in everything we do. It encourages us to cherish all that we have known so far and go beyond. From sunrise and sunset to the night of the full moon, exquisite art is hidden in small parts of our life we take no notice of, we just need to look for it, admire it, and then apply it. It illuminates, educates, and inspires us. Art helps you express yourself and go beyond your imagination. Beyond your knowledge, it refers to your ideas and experiences that bring you to self-discovery or the answers you are actually seeking. Art is the deception that leads to the discovery of the truth.