To say that art is something extra or non-essential in human life is to say that it is not required in order to sustain life. It is not one of man’s basic needs like water, food, and shelter. I am an artist myself, and ironically enough I agree with this statement whole-heartedly. I’ll explain though. Art is a non-necessity to human life, which makes it that much more significant. For example, when you take a course in college and the professor asks you why, which answer do they prefer to hear, that it’s a course required of you in order to graduate or that you needed an elective credit and the course sounded interesting to you? The second of course. The first answer presents no choice in the matter; the second does. It’s the choosing that makes the creation and observation of art so noteworthy.
Art, in its many forms, is expression. It is the photograph, the painting, the film, the song that puts our emotions into a body that provides psychological and emotional ease and contentment for us. So much so, that it might be considered a necessity to our mental health. Now, another question is raised. A mental well being undoubtedly improves the quality of life, but is it essential to human life?
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