On a spiritual level, a higher power, regardless of region or era, art is deemed as the “Creator of life.”

Webster’s dictionary defines art as “creating, as bringing to existence.”

If you have ever witnessed the sunset, saturated with its pastels hues and textured cumulus clouds or the brilliance of a diamond with its iridescent colors,  it’s not hard to  believe that God is indeed an artist.

Art creates… Art is Life.

When I think from a health aspect, the participation and observance of art impacts our physical, mental and emotional needs.

The benefits extend to hand-eye coordination, fine and gross motor skills, new brain pathways and social skills.  Art should be encouraged for all humans, art is life.

Mentally, art can be a vessel for creative thinking that translates to problem solving in different aspects of life. It creates a culture of out-of-the-box thinking.

Art should evoke an emotion, it is a universal and ageless interpretation of human expressions and observances of a particular period of time and culture.

Art is a universal timeless language… Art is life.

There used to be a commercial that showed an egg frying in a pan; it was supposed to be a metaphor on how drugs affect your brain. Drugs kill brain cells, was the message that they wanted to convey.  But such as life, there is polarity in all things. Art enhances our brain function. It increases dopamine, creates new brain pathways, wards off depression and helps protect the brain from aging,  from Alzheimer’s and dementia.

Art stimulates our mind and even nervous system… Art is life.

Art has been a constant source for communication, religious idolatry, self-expression and healing since the most antiquated cave art to graffiti muralists.

Join me as we explore art periods, iconography, styles and colors. 

Art is life.

Nyesha Clark-Young is a 1992 Saginaw High School graduate who studied photography and graphic design at Delta and at SVSU. She owns TINK Photography, volunteers as arts chairwoman for the annual African Cultural Festival, and is a member of the U.S. Dept. of Arts and Culture. Her weekly “Art Therapy with Nye” sessions are at noon on Thursdays at Neighborhood House, reopened as The Neighb.

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