Art is a luxury item that might seem like icing on the cake to most people. Art isn’t really necessary for everyday life, right? Why should an impoverished family need art when they may not even have running water? I would argue that art is indeed very necessary to the human experience. Almost 50% of the human brain is involved in visual processing. Creating art is part of how we humans tell stories, experience belonging, build legacy, make sense of the world, and find meaning and identity. This is evidenced by the earliest art found on cave walls, and over millennia, it’s how diverse and distinct world cultures have come to be. I would assert that artistic and cultural expression ought to have a central place in every home.

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