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Do artists feel things differently?
Artists have structurally different brains compared with non-artists, a study has found. Participants’ brain scans revealed that artists had increased neural matter in areas relating to fine motor movements and visual imagery. The research, published in NeuroImage, suggests that an artist’s talent could be innate.
“Feet, what do I need them for if I have wings to fly,” read Mexican artist Frida Kahlo’s quote. Nigerian writer Chimamanda Adichie said: “I matter. I matter equally. Not ‘If only’, not ‘as long as’.
Can art really make a difference?
This is where art can make a difference. Art does not show people what to do, yet engaging with a good work of art can connect you to your senses, body, and mind. It can make the world felt. And this felt feeling may spur thinking, engagement, and even action. As an artist I have travelled to many countries around the world over the past 20 years.
Why is art important in a world of suffering?
The world is suffering. Art helps us make sense of the suffering. Not by spouting off cliches or offering trite platitudes, but by speaking to that inner voice inside each of us that says, Yes, this sucks, but there is still beauty. There is still hope for redemption.
What is art and why does it matter?
Art does not show people what to do, yet engaging with a good work of art can connect you to your senses, body, and mind. It can make the world felt. And this felt feeling may spur thinking, engagement, and even action.
Why art has the power to change the world?
Why art has the power to change the world. “Art can motivate people to turn thinking into doing.”. One of the great challenges today is that we often feel untouched by the problems of others and by global issues like climate change, even when we could easily do something to help. We do not feel strongly enough that we are part