When students do have access to art courses, we even suggest to them that one or two of these courses might be a welcome break to them from the rigors of the real academic work. Yet to engage in considering art forms and to create art representations are actually complicated, sophisticated processes. They cause us to draw from our past experiences and to go beyond them as we consider a new creation, something that would not be a part of the world had it not been created by someone. The process of creation allows for invention and imagining possibilities. These thought processes are also essential to scientific discovery.
Thoughts come and go, but to mold a thought into something concrete is to hold on to it.
By sharing it, the artist can help others minds grow as they consider the works. Art also helps students learn about many possibilities that may not have been part of their original intention. They may begin with an idea for a painting but change that idea as they are in the midst of painting. He also states that art teaches the importance of nuance. So much can depend on the tempo or loudness of a movement in music, or in a particular hue of color on a canvas.