Thinking about The Porch and why art always came up, why art is important, and why it always seems to be fighting for survival while simultaneously being ever-present I decided to just search it: Why is art important?

I was surprised to see a whole slew of scholarly articles from a variety of educational institutions. Everyone from Quora to The Guardian to Huffington Post, teacher resources websites and even the TEDxGhent had a speaker, Katerina Gregos, who expanded on the importance of art.

The Huffington Post piece was a slightly more lighthearted approach, but I particularly enjoyed point number seven, that art lasts longer than most things, and the author’s example of statues of fat women from 40,000 years ago made be laugh a little, because I have a tattoo of one of those statues. Here’s a link to the full list:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/maria-rodale/top-ten-reasons-why-art-i_b_214504.html

And if you’re curious about the tattoo, here’s the statue I have a tattoo of, and a snapshot of the tattoo:

 

While people think she may have been worshiped as a fertility goddess, I think she is beautiful and have always enjoyed that she was kind of one of the earliest Barbie Dolls.

Last but not least, here’s a link to the TED talk, where Katrina speaks and expands on the ideas which started this post — art’s struggle to survive: