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Daffy Duck is one of the most famous and recognizable cartoon characters on television along with, Bugs Bunny and Mickey mouse. Daffy made his first television appearance on April 17, 1937 in a cartoon entitled Porky’s Duck Hunt, directed by Tex Avery and Bob Clampett. The cartoon was a hunter/prey pairing, with Porky pig as the hunter and Daffy Duck as the prey, the hunter/prey pairing was very popular at the time. Many people fell in love with the Daffy Duck character because he was assertive and unrestrained. The high-pitched voice of the Daffy Duck character, was an impersonation of producer Leon Schlesinger, who found the voice to be funny but never understood it was actually an impersonation of his own voice. Daffy Duck became enormously popular in the 1940s, starring in over 40 films, all with completely different settings ranging from the frozen north to an unhappy household. He also starred in these films with many different Warner Bros. characters such as, Yosemite Sam, Porky pig and Elmer Fudd, these characters usually played the hunter while Daffy Duck played the prey.

During the early 1940s Daffy Duck’s personality changed slightly, from an uncontrollable maniac duck into a maniac duck with brains who was still insane but was always in control of the situations he was in. In 1948 Daffy duck changed drastically and the change came from Chuck Jones. Daffy remained his usual self during the 1940s but during the 1950s the Daffy Duck cartoons ventured into completely new ideas. Chuck Jones began to experiment with Daffy’s lust for money in his 1950 cartoons Daffy Dilly and You Were Never Duckier, also thanks to Jones, Daffy changed from a care free duck into a power hungry and greedy duck. Chuck Jones also began to redesign the physical appearance of Daffy Duck by making him taller, skinner and making his beak larger.

Daffy duck’s exclusive motivation in life became money, Jones made this apparent in a 1954 cartoon entitled Ali Baba Bunny, in which Daffy notices a large treasure and pushes Bugs Bunny and the genie aside to get to the treasure. The period 1954 -1957 became known as Daffy Duck’s “greedy” years, most of the Daffy Duck cartoons during this period became masterpieces. Daffy cartoons became a regular fixture on the Looney tunes show in the 1960s when the show first aired. Daffy Duck has starred in two of his own theatrical releases, the first one in 1983 and the second in 1988.

Daffy Duck has appeared in countless cartoons, he has starred in his own theatrical films and even co-starred in Space Jam in 1996 along with Michael Jordan and Bugs Bunny. Today Daffy Duck is one of the most popular cartoon characters in the world, the version of Daffy Duck that we see on television today is the Chuck Jones one. Cartoons starring Daffy Duck are still in syndication, many being shown on the Cartoon Network. Although Daffy is greedy and has a deep lust for money he is still loved by most people who watch him.

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French painter Eug่ne Henri Paul Gauguin was born in Paris in 1848 and then moved to Peru with his family when he was only three years old. Growing up in Peru provided much excitement and had a great impact on him as little boy. When he turned 17, he joined the Navy and went to sea for about six years. He returned to France after his voyages, more mature and filled with impressions of strange and beautiful lands.

He did not immediately become an artist. He chose to settle in Paris and learn to become a stockbroker. At 35, much to his family surprise, Paul gave up his career to devote his life to painting in order to show the simple beauty he saw in the lives of primitive peoples. He was quite accustomed to success and believed that he would succeed in painting. Unfortunately, his wife saw it as an unnecessary indulgence and never forgave him for a “selfish” decision. Years later, the couple separated.

Paul had always enjoyed the art of the French artists known as the impressionists. He took up painting right away and in 1818 he exhibited his works with other impressionists. However, the reality of living an artist’s life shocked Gauguin. He enjoyed his former comforts so much that he had difficulty adjusting to his new life in poverty. By 1886, the expense and pressure of city life had become so demanding that Gauguin decided to leave Paris and live in an artist’s colony in Brittany. After a year, he decided to travel to Panama where he worked as a laborer. Then he went to the tropics, to Martinique, where he lived and painted in freedom. However, after a year of living in Martinique, Gauguin was forced to return to Brittany, penniless and quite ill.

In October, 1888 he visited another famous artist, Vincent van Gogh, in the latter’s home in Arles, France. Gauguin’s stay with Van Gogh proved to be a powerful collaboration of sorts; it was said that they frequently disagreed and were distressing to live with. On good days, however, they managed to learn from each other and produced some of their best work during these times. It is said that Gauguin returned to Paris after Van Gogh’s “incident”. Gauguin slowly broke away form the impressionist movement and painted “Vision after the Sermon”, where he attempted to externalize the feelings of his subjects. This painting is important in his career because it ushered in a new style that is now called “Symbolism”.

However, it was a combination of the beautiful surroundings of Brittany and his exotic voyages that led them to develop his own unique style. Gauguin devoted his time painting portraits, landscapes and still lifes as simple forms in pure and intense colors surrounded by black outlines. Many critics remark that the graceful mess and simplicity of the painting is communicating the artist’s strongest feelings towards the exotic and the natural.

In 1891, Gauguin saved enough money to go to the primitive South Sea island of Tahiti. At first, the artist was extremely happy in the midst of the forests, the strange flora and fauna and the island’s beautiful people. He decided to stay and share the simple life of the natives from there on. However, throughout his stay, Gauguin was tormented by severe depression and tried to battle drug addiction.

Most of Gauguin’s paintings capture the beauty of Tahitian culture and its women, but seemed to show that the artist was really not completely happy nor understood in this primitive society. After many years of poverty and sickness, Gauguin died from heart failure, alone and unaware of the mark his art would later make on the 20th century.

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Chhou Naach (Chhou Dance):

There are very little documentations available on traditional art, craft and culture of tribal of Jharkhand, India. This article provides an overview of one of the most exciting tribal dance “Chhou Naach” which is yet to be explored completely. However, state government of Jharkhand, India organizes various cultural events in the state but Chhou dance is very rarely done. This is not because people performing Chhou dance are
conservative, but because of lack of knowledge or lack of promotion of this traditional dance form. This article is a little effort for the promotion of Traditional Tribal Culture.

Locality:

Chhou dance is found in the tribal areas of Jharkhand and some parts of Chattisgarh and Orissa states of India. There are no specific evidences available which describe the actual history behind Chhou dance. Hence, it is assumed that Chhou dance is one of the advanced dance form of traditional tribal dance which has developed gradually during the course of interactions with other neighboring cultures.

Introduction:

“Chhou Naach” is a dance mostly done in open field and in the night. The dance arena is generally surrounded by fire poles called mashaal for lighting purpose. However, due to the urbanization in some parts, fire poles have been replaced by electrical lights. The artists go for a bath and puja before performing this dance as the characters they play are of gods. The Chhou dancers use big size colourful decorative masks. These masks are made of paper mache’, light wood and paper. Chhou naach is a tribal form of “nritya natika” (Dance Drama) where various characters with Chhou masks play mythological characters. Most of these plays are based on “Mahabharat” and “Ramayan”. This mythological touch in Chhou dance makes it very spiritual and respectful. The characters of Chhou dance wear traditions ornaments and dance with weapons. Their cloths
are very colourful. Chhou dance should NOT be misunderstood with other folk dances of India like Kuchipudi etc. Chhou dance involves lots of gymnastic actions in the dance sequences and most of the characters are very aggressive in nature. This dance drama is supported by traditions nagada(Drums) and flute as background sound and rhythm of dance action varies with the modulations of drum beats. The audience enjoying Chhou Naach feels increase in their heart beats.

Unlike other tribal dances, direct contribution from women in Chhou dance is not visible. This also makes Chhou dance different from other folk dances of tribes.

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www.artilysis.com, a website dedicated to promote “Rare and Offbeat Artworks” all over the world. For more information and pictorial on Chhou Dance, please visit “http://www.artilysis.com>

Artilysis welcomes articles on Chhou dance from other readers and writers to enrich the documentation.

This article is written by Mr. Shandilya Ajay Singh, a
freelance writer from India who writes as his hobby. The writer belongs to Jharkhand, India and spent more than 21 years in the woods and valley of Jharkhand. The writer may be directly contacted on
shandilya_a[a]yahoo.com

[tags]Art, craft, Indian art, India art, Indian artists, offbeat art,Tribal art, Tribal Jharkhand[/tags]

[Josh and his son just arrived back from a picnic down along the River, he lives on the Hightower plantation, outside Ozark, Alabama; this sketch is Josh at his youngest of all the author’s previous episodes on Josh, several of them; he was picked up by the Hightower family in New Orleans, many years ago. This is when Josh was not as bullheaded as he came to be, when his son was around ten years old; as when you read the other several episodes the author has written on him. Now he is back on the plantation, and talking to his friend Bessie, he calls her Aunt Bessie because she helps Josh with many of his need for his two children, Silas is Josh’s oldest boy. They are now in the back area by his little shanty, his hut, by the fenced-in carrel talking and Bessie, asking questions. Joe is walking over to see Josh, he works in the plantation alongside the Hightower plantation, he’s Bessie’s brother.]

Back from the Picnic

Josh: We been down de river fishin’,
Aunt Bessie: Who?

Josh: Me an’ Silas an’ de boss Hightower annudder white folks, an’ we sho’ had a big time ketchin’ fish and’ turkle; an’ I had more liquor dan we could drink.

Aunt Bessie: Is dey gee you anything?

Josh: Dey mighty good to we. De white folks gee me one dollar.

Aunt Bessie: Why kind er people de white folks?

Josh: Wuh kind er answer yous wants?

Aunt: You ain’ gee me straight answer Josh!

Joe: Gee that nigger Josh a question, and he so ‘ceitful he likes dat white folks ‘cus he can go fishin’ and gee da dollar.

Allen joins the group [Hightower’s Butler]

Allen: Wuh is all dis I hear ‘about Josh an’ dey white foks

Joe: It must er been a white man gives him a dollar, he’ no more nigger

Allen: Dat ain’ oughter make no diff’erence. Nothin’ done wid ‘em kill niggers, but dey oughter try ‘em.

Joe: Who de judge?

Allen: No nigger killed toda’, I reckon godam white folks a-while back

Bessie: De name er de Lord n vain, yous tak’ dhe name er de Lord n vain!

Joe: ‘about dat judge, wuh judge?

Josh: Wuh you reckon Hightower in de mind Hightower a bad man when he ack dat er way?

Bessie: I hears a judge talkin’ ‘bout dem niggers escape.

Allen: Dat why Hightower giv’ Josh a dollar, sos he don’ escape.

Bessie: Several on ‘em.

Joe: I know dat, kaze me an’ de boss man talk’ right dere in de back room and’ drinks dey liquor, and he tells me.

Bessie: Silas hears all des, I done, boy let’ go, we leaves da niggers here, cus we ain’t no niggers.

Written 5/19/2006

[tags]Short Story[/tags]

The artistic achievements and wealth of Austria include its monumental architectures, as well as its wide variations of cultural events, such as dramas, folk lore, and festivals. Going over the literary history of Austria, its first ever profound masterpiece was “The Lay of the Nibelungs” from year 1200. Popular comedy writers are Johann Nestroy and Ferdinand Raimund, while the famous modern day writer of Austrian is none other than Peter Handke. When it comes to music, the great periods of Austrian melodies was the classical era of Vienna, wherein it was the center of world reknowed musicians and composers like Franz Schubert, Mozart, and Beethoven. Vienna is also known as the land of Austrian institutions for music like the Vienna State Opera. Finally, the Austrian art of painting is highlighted with the Jugendstil movement, which was established by Gustav Klimt, that successfully grew in Vienna. There are also other renowned 20th century Austrian artists, like Oskar Kokoschka and Egon Schile.

Austrian folk dancing is mostly associated with Schuhplattler, Landler, Polka or Waltz. But there are other known dances like Zwiefacher, Kontratanze, and Sprachinseltanze. I also found out that folk dances here are generally known as Folkloretanze as in “folklore dances.” However, the Austrian type of folk dance is known as Volkstanz. Austrians have this figure dancing, which is a kind of dance where they perform different figures. By doing so, they create a certain tune. Also, they have round dancing that includes the waltz, the polka, Zwiefacher etc. As compared to standard ballroom dancing, waltz and polka are slightly different from folk dancing. Sprachinseltanze are dances by German-speaking minorities living outside Austria, which literally means “language island dances.”

Undeniably, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was a prolific and highly influential composer of Classical music. He is among the most enduringly popular of European composers, and many of his works are part of the standard concert repertory. However, there are few things that I knew about him except that he was born in Austria. It should also be noted that Mozart has acquired some competence in many languages during his travels. He was much taken by the sound of Benjamin Franklin’s glass armonica, and made two works for it. This man who is an institution when it comes to music is celebrating his 250th birthday this year and as expected, there will be a worldwide celebration that will include performances of all of his operas in Salzburg and Prague.

There are more about Austrain arts and culture. What I have mentioned is just a simple peek at the diversity of its art, including painting, literature, dance, and music. Indeed, Austria is known all over the world for its rich cultural history and abundant artistic life.

[tags]austrian arts[/tags]

Caravaggio is an extremely well known Italian painter who painted in the Realistic Baroque style of art. His dramatic use of light and dark is revolutionary. Many other painters have tried to paint like him and failed.

Caravaggio’s real name is Michelangelo Merisi. He was born in 1571 in the town of Caravaggio; this is where he got his professional name. His father was Fermo Merisi, a steward and architect. At the age of eleven, Caravaggio was orphaned and apprenticed to the painter Simone Peterzano for four years.

Some time between 1588 and 1592 Caravaggio moved to Rome and became an assistant to Giuseppe Cesari, a pupil of Titian. He painted flower and fruit pieces for him which are now lost. After that, he moved from job to job working for other painters. This was a very unstable period in his life. After a while, Caravaggio decided to set out on his own and sell his paintings.

Caravaggio found a dealer that began to sell his paintings, Maestro Valentino. Valentino eventually showed Caravaggio’s paintings to Cardinal Francesco Del Monte, who had great influence in the court. Del Monte invited Caravaggio to come and live at the house of the cardinal and receive a pension. He painted about 40 paintings for Del Monte, which mostly included paintings about adolescent boys.

In 1597, Caravaggio was commissioned to paint the decoration of the Contarelli Chapel in the San Luigi dei Francesi church in Rome. This caused him to become very well known. For the church, he painted three very large paintings, St. Matthew and the Angel, The Calling of St. Matthew and The Martyrdom of St. Matthew. In these paintings, he painted them in a very contemporary, realistic way. This was not how saints were usually painted and this caused shock among the public. They even made Caravaggio redo one of the paintings!

After he finished the church, Caravaggio had a swarm of people that wanted his paintings. Some of the paintings he did during this time are The Conversion of St. Paul, The Crucifixion of St. Peter, The Deposition of Christ and the Death of the Virgin. Many of the paintings he did during this time caused violent outrages. He painted the Madonna with Pilgrims for the San Agostino Church which ended up being a scandal because the old people kneeling down had dirty feet and a filthy, torn cap. Other paintings were rejected entirely.

Even though Caravaggio was constantly criticized, he was still very successful. He became more and more popular as a painter. During this time, however, he had many run-ins with the law. He was arrested many times for various reasons. Other painters accused him of several things; he wounded a soldier, threw stones at a Roman guard and wounded another man defending his mistress. Then he had a serious brawl over the score of a tennis game and killed Ranuccio Tomassoni.

Because of what he did, Caravaggio fled Rome and hid with a relative of the Marquis of Caravaggio. He then hid in several other places and eventually ended up in Naples. In Naples, he painted Madonna of the Rosary and The Seven Works of Mercy. During this time his painting style shifted, probably because of his desperate state of mind.

After this, Caravaggio moved from place to place a lot. He went to Malta, where he painted The Beheading of St. John the Baptist for a cathedral. Word of his crime reached Malta and Caravaggio was imprisoned, but soon escaped. He then went to Sicily and painted The Resurrection of Lazarus and The Adoration of the Shepherds. Then he moved to Palermo and painted the Adoration with St. Francis and St. Lawrence.

Caravaggio was eventually arrested when he went by boat from Naples to Rome. His boat stopped in Palo where he was arrested. However, he was released. When he was released, he found that the boat had already left along with everything he owned. He set out to overtake the vessel and arrived at Port Ercole where he died a few days later. He probably died of either pneumonia or a fever.

Even though Caravaggio spent much of his life running from the law, he is still considered to be one of the best painters of all time. His style is unmatched and is still admired today.

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I dreamed time was a train passing by while I stood on a platform. I tried to catch it but it zoomed by. Yesterday was gone.

As I looked back another one was coming. It passed me by again.

I realized I hadn’t bought a ticket. I was there for a free ride.

The man behind the ticket counter looked familiar. He smiled as if he knew me. I asked for a ticket; he asked me where I was going.

I turned away as as the tracks rattled. A new one approaching. It didn’t stop.

The ticket man waited patiently. I looked into his eyes and became lost within. I was falling inside them, through a screen with moving pictures of trains I had lost and trains I had caught going nowhere.

He pulled me out and told me not to stay there – the past was gone.

He showed me a map of stations. They had peculiar names, “Future Bliss”, and “Wrong Turning”, and “Empty Space”.

One station called out to me. It was the right one. “A Path With a Heart”.

The ticket man laughed, looking familiar, and said it was expensive and could I afford the price.

I looked into his eyes and was surprised. An older but happier me.

I nodded and began to climb in. He said “All aboard” and waved.

Time is on a train; the tracks are made of gold as I travel on a path with a heart.

[tags]time managment,time wisdom,short story,words of wisdom,inspirational story,motivational story[/tags]

I pulled a chair up and sat on it. Titi was sitting directly opposite me, her skirt hitched up just above her knees. I smiled at her as I tried not to fix my gaze on her partially exposed laps. She noticed this and crossed her legs, pulling the herm of the skirt to cover as much as it can go.

I looked away quickly in embarrassment.

“Ok! Tim, hit me with it” she said, forcing me to stare back at her. I grinned ruefully and cleared my throat.

“This is hard for me to say, but I know I have to say it.” I paused to let in air, and then continued. “I have done all the necessary espionage and I found out that your husband is behind all these.”
I watched as surprise crept into her face, and then disbelief.

“No!” she said, “I can’t belief this. My husband can’t hurt a fly.”

“Yeah,” I said “I thought so too, but people can change under pressure or intense need for something else.”

“But not Harry” she retorted, still obstinate.

“Titi Am sorry, but I have to let you see the evidence. I reached into my left trouser pocket and brought out a tape recording machine, placed it on the glass centre table and pressed the ‘play’ button.

There was a loud incoherent noise like swoosh of water coming from the cassette for a while, then it died down and her husband’s voice vibrated. It was clear.

“Yeah, go ahead with the plan, Robert, no turning back. My wife won’t know what hit her. There is so much money to gain. You have to kill her. I want her wealth for myself. The bitch ….”

I made to stop the tape, but she held up her hand. Her face was glistening with unshed tears.

“The bitch” the voice continued, “won’t know I did it and so the police won’t suspect I had a hand in it.”

“Ok boss” a second voice answered.

There was another sound and then the tape stopped.

“How …. Could he?” She stammered as long streaks of tears poured down her cheeks.

I brought out a white handkerchief and gave it to her. She took it with shaky hands and mobbed her cheeks tenderly.

“Am sorry” I didn’t recognize my own voice; it had gone husky with pity.

“But I don’t understand ……” her voice trailed off “why would he want to kill me, he couldn’t live without me?”

“Well, one thing is for sure, you are wealthier than your husband, right?”
She nodded sheepishly.
“He is doing it for the money; you just heard that. He wants to inherit your wealth.”
I picked up the tape recorder and put it back in my pocket.
“What should I do?” she asked.
“Pretence – pretend you know nothing about this, ok?” I answered calmly. “Don’t jitter and don’t confront Harry. You have to behave normal like nothing is amiss.”
She nodded.
“Thanks Tim, nice job.” She smiled sorrowfully.
“Hmm, it’s nice to see you smile again. Put some make up and get rid of those tears marks on your face.” I rose to my feet and pushed back the chair. Five strides took me to the door, but as I was about to yank it upon I remembered something. I turned towards her and asked, “Do you still want me to keep track on your husband?”
“Ah …” she stammered, “I think so.”

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The earliest paintings, visible records of which still remain on the continent, is the Romanic art of Western Europe which has always concentrated on serving the Christian church. Even during the Moslem occupation – a territorial, not a religious conquest-this art was generally practised in Spain until, in the eleventh and twelfth centuries, fanatical Moslem puritans swept in from Africa to persecute the Christians and destroy their abominated churches. Thus the relics appertain to the Southern Pyrenees and Asturias, where the free Christians held their ground. The remnants are wooden reliquaries, altar-frontals, retables, and apse decorations. The most ancient panel, a frail and blackened altar-frontal of the ninth century, exemplifies the plan of decoration which was traditional until the early fourteenth century. This was an oblong surface divided into a large central compartment and two rows of laterally disposed niches or squares. In early panels, Christ in Majesty, or the Mother of God, enthroned in a mandorla, occupied the central, and saints or apostles the side divisions; in later work, saints of local origin were placed in the centre, with legendary scenes right and left. In the eleventh, twelfth, and thirteenth centuries Christian Europe, stimulated by tempting Papal indulgences, and by the prospect of fabulous loot, combined to drive out Islam. To foster the crusade Cluny monks, welcomed by the reigning princes, built monasteries in the wake of the retreating Moslems in Le๓n, Old Castile, and Navarre, where they established famous seats of learning, as at San Millar de la Cogalla in Old Castile.

Cistercians from Narbonne settled in 1150 at Poblet, near Tarragona, when the Moors retreated beyond the Ebro, and founded a mighty monastery – now desolate – peopled with scribes and illuminators. Lay specialists, artists by inheritance, appeared in the early thirteenth century. Of the easily portable relics many of the most remarkable and wellpreserved are in private collections, sometimes difficult of access. For the student, however, the chief hunting grounds will be the Museums of Barcelona, and the Episcopal Museum at Vich, forty miles north from Barcelona, into which have been gathered representative examples. In respect of apse decorations the Barcelona City Museum is unique. There may now be examined, under favourable conditions, and with the assistance of an admirable catalogue, the most important Romanic mural decorations extant in Spain. These until recently adorned the interiors of ten widely separated Romanesque churches, situated in half-forgotten, and almost inaccessible mountain villages. They were removed from the ancient walls by Italian specialists, and transported to Barcelona, where with zealous care, but with no attempt at restoration, they were reaffixed to new walls, and apses shaped to receive them. The majority are of twelfth century manufacture. The oldest, which come from Pedret, are related to eleventh-century frescoes in S. Clemente, Rome. In reproductions, many of these decorations would pass for mosaics. In the same way, one or two privately owned altar-frontals which preserve in great measure their original surface, have the appearance of enamel. In the case of frontals, at least, this quality of illusion was expressly sought. A few monasteries became rich enough to afford costly retablos of enamel upon metal, which, in the twelfth century particularly, were imported in considerable numbers.

[tags]classics, art[/tags]

The arts have taken blow after blow from schools lately. People just aren’t supporting them. They push them aside and think there’s no use for them in society. But without them society would fall apart. Without relief, without distractions, we would be mindless servants following the ever winding path of greed and corporate business.

The arts come in many different forms. There’s painting, sculpture, drawing, photography, computer graphics, dancing, performing arts, etc. Music and all its components can be included in this when it comes to the limiting the more creative aspects of education. They are not just for entertainment. They promote creativity, originality, patience and discipline. They increase intellect, relieve stress, and provide an outlet for people to be different, to feel welcomed. They are more than just a hobby. They can be a way of life.

Schools don’t want to waste time with this stuff. All that matters to them is the more prominent curriculum and sports. That’s what seems to make the world go around these days. They are nice, a good and important part to education of course, but they shouldn’t be the whole thing. People need a range of understanding in life to truly benefit from its teachings.

The reason schools focus on subjects like science and history and English is that society is driven on a very business and corporate track. We focus on that knowledge makes us better people, that it solves problems and brings us goodness. It does, but not always. When it fails or lets us down, when it stresses us out or overwhelms us, we need a break. That is the arts, the more light-hearted subjects in the world. Society tends to see these more important subjects as the serious ones that get us through life. People think they’re the ones that make the world go around. They think that it’s what makes the world. But if we were so serious all the time, so bent on our corporate ways of greed and power, we’d be a society that would fall apart quickly.

We tend not to see how good we have it until it’s gone. Art isn’t gone and won’t be any time soon, so it’s hard to really show it’s impact. It is a vital part of society though even if we don’t always stress this. It provides business, support, design, creativity, and entertainment for the world.

The arts a vital part of the growth a child undergoes. It helps them both with realizing who they are and becoming who they are meant to be. It doesn’t matter if they don’t have a full passion for it or don’t pursue it in a career. Just the opportunity to allow them to define themselves on their own, to create a personality other than what the real world wants to make them, allows expression and creativity that will stay with them for years. They may not appreciate it at the moment, or acknowledge it later on, but it will become a part of who they are regardless.

We can’t just think that if a child wants to do something they will do it on their own. This provides little encouragement in their life. We need to support a variety of education and experiences in school for children to grow with. Society can’t be serious all the time and it can’t just say that business is the only that matters. It’s vital to mankind’s well-being to promote the arts at a young age and allow children to grow and blossom on their own. They need ways to break free from the mold, to be given opportunities they may not with other subjects. It would be a sad day if a child wasn’t allowed to express themselves and be who they really are.

Jake Rose is an artist and an author on http://www.Writing.Com/
which is a site for Writers.

[tags]performing arts,art[/tags]