Why Care about the Arts?

Notice the new article listed under the Great Reads blog section (to your left). Great article from the Boston Globe. Here's the gist:

"Art creates a kind of sanctuary that, even at its most topical, takes us outside of such everyday concerns as the economic downturn, whether anyone has texted us recently, or how the Patriots could have blown the Super Bowl last year.

"The idea isn't to escape those concerns, it's to give us the wherewithal to put all those other matters in perspective. That's as true of a Lichtenstein painting as much as a Beethoven quartet.

"I can't prove it, but my bet is that wall drawings were as important as the invention of fire to getting out of those caves. That's why we talk about arts and sciences in the same breath. No person is complete without a grounding in both creativity and logic, which is one of the primary lessons anyone learns in college." {I would say grade school!}