An Invitation to the Dreamers, Thinkers, and Creators
You’re trained to believe in this sped-up world we live in that there can only be achievement through numbers, formulas, and degrees of “job security.” You’re being groomed to be managers, doctors, and engineers—as if anything less doesn’t matter. Naturally, they are wonderful things to be, but let’s ask one humble question:
Where would we be without Art?
Where would our souls be, when words are in deceit? How would we dream without music, poetry, and hues on canvas? The answer is: Art is not an option. It’s the rhythm of human civilization. And you, dear students, are its custodians.
Why the Arts Matter More Than Ever
As far back as humans have etched marks on cave walls, to our computer artists of today, art has been an expression of our humanness. Painting, sculpture, literature, music, dance, films, photographs—they tell us about ourselves and others.
Whenever you read a poem that touches your heart, hear a song that makes you cry, or see a play that stirs your conscience, you are approaching the enduring strength of art.
Art holds our grief, our jubilation, our past, and our future.
You Can Change the World—with a Brush, a Pen, a Stage
Remember Rabindranath Tagore’s rebellious words. Remember Lata Mangeshkar’s evergreen voice. Remember the bold street murals that roar more loudly than headlines in the newspaper.
Art does not whisper in the shadows—art starts revolutions, challenges injustice, and reimagines cultures. Whether gender rights, caste wars, or environmental emergencies—art speaks out when others do not. And it makes people listen.
Art is a Profession. A Mission. A Vocation.
Don’t buy the myth that arts education is “second-best.” The world creative economy—film, design, digital media, writing, music, performance—engages and employs millions, driving innovation. Bollywood, classical genres, folk arts, and YouTube vloggers drive a dynamic, growing ecosystem in India.
Power, purpose, and prosperity in the arts.
Healing Hearts and Opening Minds
When we were locked down in COVIDs, what was there to keep our heads straight? Not spreadsheets or equations—song, story, sketch, and film. Art calms our fears, inspires sympathy, and joins us together.
By the way, schools with good arts education are emotionally more literate and more student-centered.
You Are Not “Less” Because You Create
Society may grade careers—never forget: The world needs both thinkers and feelers, dreamers and builders. The engineer may construct a hospital—but the artist calms the soul that dwells within it. You, dancer, poet, filmmaker, singer—you are not “Plan B.” You are essential.
What You Can Do—Right Now
- Be proud of your creative gift.
- Stand tall when others deride your passion.
- Unite with communities that value the arts.
- Keep creating. Keep dreaming. Keep doing.
- Because you’re not just picking a subject—you’re shaping the nature of society.
Never let anyone make fun of you for loving the arts. Yours is the road of imagination, of compassion, of bravery. The world needs your voice, your eye, your passion.
Be an artist and be proud. Be the need and be proud.
Blog By –
Ms. Kanishka Joshi
Assistant Professor,Dept.Of Pol.Science
Biyani Girls College, Jaipur
