Art: We need it!!
10 Reasons Why We Need Art "Before the Music Died" © Shana L Rowe Jackson 2012 History . Since the dawn of time art has served as a pictorial guide to where we originate from. From the earliest cave drawings, to religious paintings and everything in between it has served as a way to look back in time and see how different cultures lived, what they went through and how we have grown as a species. Cultural and political expression . Art serves as a very important purpose when it comes to getting a certain message out. If you look at art from specific cultures you can learn a lot about that culture and the way they live. From longstanding traditions to political views, if it is important to said culture chances are it has been depicted in their art. Street art is a good example of this, as it often expresses the needs of the community in which it originates. Therapy. Art is proven to be therapeutic, both in the creation of it and in be