Arts activity, productivity, creativity, is something animals don't have. It helps me a tremendous amount to be surrounded by art in this kind of stress-filled work that I do. No matter what a person's profession, art can help him or her interpret the larger world. It can even influence personality, said Bill Muller, owner of the Guild Art Centre on Main Street. They usually have a lot more to say about their particular subject.
Art also can offer a visceral kind of healing, something every person and every society needs.
Billbob Brown, assistant professor of Dance at the University of Massachusetts , said a choreographed dance piece offers not only a different way to communicate, but that way may be a more accurate one, he suggests. Much of our communication goes on nonverbally. Schneider has seen this firsthand. Perhaps one of art's greatest assets is its universality. Creativity isn't given to some and not to others, said Brown.