Response to Fay (10/29/09)

In response to your blog "Life without art", I agree with you about some aspects in which I cannot picture the human race without any form of art. Honestly we could exist physiologically but not emotionally, socially, and maybe not mentally. The key of human life is survival, and how could we survive without any form of art whether in the forms of clothing styles or the cars that we drive? When I think of the human race without any form of art, the move "Pleasantville" comes to mind. When the two main characters enter the main scenes, the movie is basically set sometime in the fifties when colored televisions did not exist. Likewise the world that the two main characters were trapped in was black and white, everyone had the same clothing style, and a positive attitude existed throughout the whole town. Originally both characters were following by the script but when they did not, everything changed in which the back and white colors changed into all colors (red,white,blue,purple etc.) Once a certain characters pigmentation changed, they were quarantined or disregarded from the village like a deadly plague. But to get back to your question I do believe that humans can live without art on a daily basis but life socially and emotionally would be completely different. For example life pretty much would be dull, in which everyone would be feeling the same emotion, wearing the same clothes, and the same duties would be executed on a daily basis. However we must look at this issue from another perspective. Specifically in the movie "Pleasantville, everyone was positive on a daily basis and there was no crime or violence whatsoever. None of the issues that we face on a daily basis would not even be thought of (racism,genderism,homicides). People would have the same status as each other and everyone would know what to expect on a daily basis. Maybe the world would be a better place without art or maybe the world could be worse without art. However how can we know the true answer to this question? Well we cannot because art will not cease to exist overnight but I believe that art helps people better themselves. People can strongly express their emotions, individuality, creativity, and the price of art cannot be measured in any means possible. Art is eternal, thriving to exist, and will never become extinct.