Why Do You Need Art?

Why Spend Some Time to Create Something?

All of us appreciate a good piece of art — be it music, painting, calligraphy, origami, or a something else handcrafted.

At some point in time, you were so moved by the beauty of something that you decided to learn it.
But then after a few days of effort and almost no progress — you decided that maybe it was not worth the efforts.

You were not going to be a professional — then why spend your free time struggling to reach a level that is far from being even humble, instead of relaxing.

Especially in the current world — with the internet — with all the great arts just one click away.

It would have made a lot more sense to learn to play an instrument if you were living in woods — cut off from the rest of the world.
Then you would need to learn to play if you wanted to enjoy the music — and if you had people around you — they would have truly appreciated your efforts.

There are two reasons:

1. The meditative effect of practicing:

While trying to play a note properly, or trying to draw the line correct, or making sure that you put colors the right way — it is next to impossible to think about anything else.
Isn’t this what mindfulness all about?

Even if your results are not great (as you shouldn’t expect — being an amateur) — the process itself is rewarding for putting your mind in a calm state.

As Ruskin Bond mentions in his ‘A Book of Simple Living’:

Hence the first benefit is free therapy.

2. The contentment:

Even if your work is not going to be appreciated by the world — it will be close to your heart.
You would know how challenging it was to produce and when you finish it — it would fill you with a feeling of content, pride, and achievement.

It would be something that didn’t exist — and you bought it into existence.
You can keep it with you (record and upload on a cloud) and it will remind you of the state of mind you were while creating it.

In a life full of hustle and trying to do our best — it is worth finding a few minutes to do something that makes you realize that journey is more important than the destination — that the process is more rewarding than the result.

The best part is — you don’t need to travel half the world or spend years in mountains with monks to learn this.
Let the next episode of the TV show wait for a while — grab a pen and paper, or dust off the old guitar (or violin or flute or whatever you wanted to learn) — and try to do something slightly beyond what you comfortably can.

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