Field Notes: Art makes people happy. Lots of individuals and institutions are now looking at proving and understanding this link. To some it’s the holy grail of arts impact. Who doesn’t want to feel good? Well… I don’t. Or, at least I don’t think that’s where the real power of the arts lies. For me, the arts matter because of their ability to do just the opposite.
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This was a great article. The title definitely pulled me in, and I think the ideas presented were excellent and I thought the odd title was a great way to present the ideas here. The bigger our world gets- meaning, the more we know about, the more we understand, it also gets darker in some ways, we know more about bad things happening, it becomes a more confusing world. But, as the article states, it also become a more exciting and more important world. And by allowing ourselves to be open to this "curiosity and empathy" we can understand and change our confusing world. And the arts is a major force to do so with.
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