The Importance of Art Work

Art work is important for many reasons. And it is all in the eye of the beholder as well as that of the artist. Take scribbles for example, if a child says "mommy look at my doggy" and it looks like a purple and yellow blob then the mother is going to say something like "oh how cute, look at your doggy" and then hang it on the refrigerator. However if someone was just walking by and saw it they would have to ask what it was or why it was hanging there. At the same time if you look at a painting like the one above it looks like a little more than a scribble but not like very much. However, it is hanging on my desk and means so much to me because my fiance drew it and told me that it was a picture of the two of us together. Art work is a very important form of communication and of self-expression for children and people of all ages.