What is art?

Art is defined by Miriam Webster as “decorative or illustrative elements in printed matter” and “skill acquired by experience, study, or observation.” There are about four other possible definitions, but these work for my purpose.
When I think of art, I typically think of paintings and drawings, but there are many other forms of it.
I’ve tend to take art for granted. Although I appreciate it, I often feel guilty spending time making art or spending money to buy art (or art supplies) when there’s other things that need my time and money.
I want to tweak that because art is valuable. Art is the expression of the soul. It may be a painting, a photograph, a sculpture, a poem. It gives us a creative outlet; an alternate purpose.
It connects us.
It transcends time.
Can you imagine a world without it?
I’m taking time to build my skills and I’ll be sharing more of what I’m working on here. I’m going to share artwork from my family as well (with their permission, of course.)


I’m going to make more time for it in my day, in our homeschool day. Keep an eye out for paintings, photographs, doodles, carvings, crochet, and poems. Feel free to share your artwork (kid-friendly, please) in the comments.
God bless. Y’all keep lookin’ up.

P.S. Whatcha reading? I got this for my birthday. I’m still reading a zillion others, but started it anyway.
