The Effects Of Art On The Brain

Art has been around ever since humans came to be on the earth. Some examples of the oldest recorded art in the world are prehistoric cave paintings, which were painted on cave walls thousands of years ago. These cave paintings were used to communicate and record the stories of the artists. The paintings themselves may have been extremely simple, but they still got the message across. Communication is just one of the many uses of art. Art can be used for virtually anything from therapy to entertainment, and that is because almost everybody enjoys some form of art. Art is an international language that people from all walks of life can understand together, and it has one of the fastest growing communities in the modern world. Probably the best thing about art though is that no two people will ever have the same insight about it. Every person has their own ideas and opinions about art, and that makes this already huge topic even bigger. Art gives us a way to be completely unique from other people, and helps us to escape to a world that we created and have full control of. Through the many different means that art can be expressed, we can feel certain emotions. Art can make us feel happy on a bad day, or it could be a way to channel our anger without harming anyone around us. When we look at art, we create a meaning for it. We give it our own spin of imagination, and we make

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Art is enjoyed by millions of people every day all over. Art is so popular that there are entire galleries dedicated to the showing of nothing but art. Art is sold for millions of dolla...

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