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How Does the Beauty of Our World Live in the Arts?
The arts bring out the best of what our world can be.
The last few years have been extra crazy.
Between the pandemic, increasing political partisanship, the growing lack of kindness, compassion, and empathy among our so-called leaders, and markets gone haywire — the world has felt more and more oppressive.
Through it all, however, lights continue to turn on and offer more options and opportunities. And many of those lights are centered around the arts.
There have been some good and fun TV and movies to come out in the last few years. Maybe not the most high-end and intellectually stimulating stuff — but fun, nonetheless. Between all the Star Wars, Star Trek, Marvel shows and movies, and numerous other sci-fi and fantasy stuff like The Expanse and Shadow & Bone — I, for one, am enjoying glorious geekdom.
Though none of these are considered high art, they are part of the arts. As such, they’re all part of the beauty of our world.
This is not the only place to find the arts beautifying our world. I read daily, and there are so, so, so many books. Fiction and nonfiction alike — lots to read. Music is being constantly made and shaped. And other arts are being produced regularly that don’t just show the…
