Thoondal 6: The Beauty of ‘Art’

CTYA’s Blog has started a new feature every Thursday called ‘Thoondal’, meaning inspiration, stimulation, or inducement. Through these weekly features, the author hopes to inspire you, stimulate your senses and induce you to think deeply about the topics she addresses and finally, to use those thoughts to inspire many more wonderful youth like you.

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Doodling away into the wee hours of the night, it took me a good while to realize that the topic for this week’s Thoondal was right in front of me. Art! Now, I speak of visual arts in particular, but of course the term ‘Art’ is inclusive of so many different types of creative expression, all of which need no words to communicate. This brings me to the purpose of this piece. Music, dance and visual arts, what is it about these beautiful expressions that is able to capture our hearts and carry along the artist’s intention or message to his or her audience without using language?

It is amazing how art has travelled across countries, breaking ethnic and language barriers all over the world. Even news of violence against people does not always reach a third person in its entirety. We relate to such news, but not to the extent that we must in order to feel the complete pain of the victim. How is it then that we are able to look a painting and feel the mood that the painter wanted us to feel? The colours, the strokes, the light and the shadows? Music reaches our hearts with its varied notes or sounds: the highs, the lows, the loud, the quiet, and perhaps most importantly, silence. The dancer mesmerizes us with his/her grace, quick feet, gestures, loud thumps and flashes of emotions. The pictures that are etched in the viewers’ minds as such are almost always in resemblance of the artists’ own imaginations, and it is this that is truly the beauty of ‘Art’. The ability to draw in a vast audience with no need for explanation makes ‘Art’ one of the best and strongest tool for activism, change and developing a better future. As such, the beauty of ‘Art’ is also its greatest power, and we must embrace it.

Use your creativity to its highest potential and realize its utmost value.

About the Author:

Shayanika Suresh is a Law Graduate currently working on establishing her legal career. She is also a passionate writer and has self-published a collection of short stories, “Lips no longer sealed”. Shayanika’s passion to raise awareness of various social issues that affect individuals and society as a whole is evident in her work, leaving a message for the reader to take home.

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