HT2726 - Food, Clothing, Shelter, and Artwork?

Here's a Thought… #2726 with Brooks Jensen

Food, Clothing, Shelter, and Artwork?

Does anyone need artwork to survive? I suspect not. On the other hand, I struggle to imagine a life without art. Why is artwork so important? An even greater mystery is why making artwork is so important. If photography was for some unknown reason suddenly denied to me, I'd take up pen and ink drawing, or haiku writing, or composing really awful classical symphonies. Or buy a kazoo. Something, anything. I wonder why? What is so valuable about having art in our life?

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