Fine Art and creative Crafts

Fine art as an expression of thoughts and feelings

Human life largely involves being expressive, be it quoting song lyrics on social media regarding how one may feel or a painting that presents the plight faced by women in South Africa. Art and crafts remain imperative in self-expression. This pair used in expression comes with a controversial aspect, obviously credited to the fact that art seeks to provoke a certain thought or emotion in the recipient. Art is not effective until it unnerves convention. Artists for centuries used art to recreate their thoughts and put them on a canvas for the world to interpret; priceless art is only meaningful to those open to understanding new aspects as well as the ability to respond to them. Expressions differ within individuals, interpretations are no less, and levels of thinking and understanding construct an array of emotions and ideas that meaning can be drawn individually. Art creations and Crafting then becomes an entrance to the creator’s mind and the beauty of their minds and that’s why fine art, paintings, sculptures, woodwork, fashion design and modeling are such important aspects of our lives. Celebrate art, appreciate it and engage other people’s crafts, decode them and understand them, learn something and find yourself.