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**Art: The Soul Over the Mind**
====Beauty or buckets of cash, endless creativity or blank bland walls? Art is everywhere yet seems almost universally neglected, regarded as pointless since it's not a fiscally prosperous profession. Feeding the soul rather than the wallet is the epitome of art, few can comprehend the idea of achieving more than another zero on their bank account balance. Maybe==== ====that’s why people don't truly understand artists, if you ever watch a Bob Ross video you get the sense he has no worries in the world, all he cares about are his happy little trees and epileptic squirrels. Bob Ross (and many others) doesn't care if he's worth $1000 or $1000000, as I've found people who don't like art are also those who only care about money, those who want to be a lawyer (or any other high paying profession) simply for the big paycheck and fancy car. ====

====And of course we have the biggest excuse about not pursuing art: 'I'm not good at art.' Here's the thing within everyone's mind resides artistic ability, it just needs to be found. I myself am in AP Art but if you told me to paint a portrait of someone it would look as if an elementary school student did it. However give me a camera, a pencil, or just some charcoal and beautiful art just starts to flow from my fingers. When most people think of art they think of painting or drawing, but art can be anything from a small watercolor to a giant mirrored bean or what Duchamp calls a fountain. Art revitalizes life, it should be cherished and pursued not frowned upon. Just because artists aren't as affluent as say a doctor is no means to dismiss them as irrelevant. ====

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