For me, going to an art museum is like visiting a famous restaurant, where each artwork has been prepared with care and passion. A delight for the eyes and nourishment for the soul. The paints are the flavours, the subject the main ingredient of the dish and each of the visitor, a hungry customer ready to savour it all. Yet artworks have a mind of their own. Sometimes reflecting parts of us back to ourselves, other times, evolving into something completely different for every next visitor. Whatever may be the case, art remains as fundamental to the human existence as food.
Here is why art is good for you and deserve to be a part of your everyday life:
1. Evokes emotions
Art helps us connect better with ourselves by reconnecting us to our emotional worlds. It helps stirs those dormant emotions that we didn’t even know existed within us. Whether by creating art, or by looking at art, it serves as a much needed outlet for our emotions. That is why it is actively used in therapy nowadays.
2. Reduces stress
Just like a comfort food helps us feel better after a long day of work, similarly creating art or looking at art can also allow us to take our minds off stressful thoughts. Its like a warm hug from a favourite set of colours.
3. Boosts imagination and creativity
As Austin Kleon states in "Steal Like an Artist", creativity isn’t about inventing from nothing. It’s about remixing influences into something new. Art trains us to do exactly that: to borrow, transform, and imagine beyond what already exists.
4. Sharpens problem-solving skills
Creating art means making mistakes, which is part of every new process we engage in, because perfection is a myth. Making mistakes would mean learning how to correct those mistakes as well. And this is the process of how we evolve to be a better problem solver and decision maker through art.
Art helps us connect better with ourselves by reconnecting us to our emotional worlds. It helps stirs those dormant emotions that we didn’t even know existed within us. Whether by creating art, or by looking at art, it serves as a much needed outlet for our emotions. That is why it is actively used in therapy nowadays.
2. Reduces stress
Just like a comfort food helps us feel better after a long day of work, similarly creating art or looking at art can also allow us to take our minds off stressful thoughts. Its like a warm hug from a favourite set of colours.
3. Boosts imagination and creativity
As Austin Kleon states in "Steal Like an Artist", creativity isn’t about inventing from nothing. It’s about remixing influences into something new. Art trains us to do exactly that: to borrow, transform, and imagine beyond what already exists.
4. Sharpens problem-solving skills
Creating art means making mistakes, which is part of every new process we engage in, because perfection is a myth. Making mistakes would mean learning how to correct those mistakes as well. And this is the process of how we evolve to be a better problem solver and decision maker through art.
5. Supports learning and teaching
Art originally evolved to pass on knowledge and tell stories. Every artwork challenges us to look a little differently at the world as we know it. Studies show that children who engage in art education not only grow emotionally and creatively, but also perform better academically, strengthening problem solving, confidence, and overall learning outcomes.
6. Promotes healthier living
Art is not just decoration, it’s medicine. Engaging with art lowers stress hormones, supports recovery, and improves overall wellbeing. It also motivates us to shape healthier habits and become resilient.
Art originally evolved to pass on knowledge and tell stories. Every artwork challenges us to look a little differently at the world as we know it. Studies show that children who engage in art education not only grow emotionally and creatively, but also perform better academically, strengthening problem solving, confidence, and overall learning outcomes.
6. Promotes healthier living
Art is not just decoration, it’s medicine. Engaging with art lowers stress hormones, supports recovery, and improves overall wellbeing. It also motivates us to shape healthier habits and become resilient.
Art in the Age of Consumerism and AI
Consumerism has led art to be treated like fast food, produced to be consumed instead of savoured. Social media has further turned much of art into the product of short lived trends, rather than something timeless and significant. And with our attention spans shrinking day by day, art has been struggling to hold us. AI has further mechanised the process of creating art, producing “snacks” of creativity at a prompt. While this has made art more accessible, it also reminds us of the irreplaceable value of human touch, the depth, imperfection, and lived experience that machines cannot replace. True art asks us to slow down, to savour, and to see ourselves reflected in it. In a world of fast consumption and instant production, choosing to engage with real art is choosing to nourish the soul and reclaim our humanity.
Prakriti
Prakriti loves to engage with all things creative, from coding and content to art workshops and research. She helps keep the website updated, contributes writeups for newsletters, and explore ideas that blend tech, emotion, and design. Always experimenting, often multitasking, she’s driven by curiosity and a love for making things that truly connect.
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