This I Believe
by Erin DeCelle You can tell a lot about a person from the music they listen to. Everybody has a different genre or maybe just a specific song that they enjoy, each for their own reasons. In this same way, everyone has their own way to doodle and draw. It can depict how someone is feeling, or maybe how they want to feel. Really, it can be anything that they want. I believe that within art and music lies freedom. A great thing about the arts is that nothing you create can be 'wrong.' I know a lot of people who will say "that isn't art" or "that isn't music" because it goes against whatever they perceive to be so, especially with my digital art. In reality, there are no restrictions at all for what you consider to be music or art. That beat you tap out on the desk with your pencils? If you think it's music, then it is. Your little drawing of a dog that's in the corner of your homework paper? It's art if you want it to be. There is nothing holding you back from creating; it gives you freedom from meeting expectations because there are no expectations. Adding on to that, art and music give you the freedom to think about things that others deem as useless or stupid. Living with two siblings with very different interests than me means that I can't really talk about whatever new thing I've learned or become intrigued with. Even if nobody else seems to care, you can express your newfound fascination through any medium. You could draw a character from a TV show or find out how to play the theme song on an instrument, but either way, it is giving you the freedom to create something that matters to you. Art and music can be a way to get your point across and to make people feel as you do. With the protests that have been going on in the past week, I have seen a lot of people making drawings, paintings, and songs about getting justice for George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Tony McDade and so many others. All of these pieces have been so moving and are helping people understand what is actually happening around the country. The arts give us the freedom to make sure other people know how we feel. It gives us the freedom to make them feel your pain and your anger, your happiness and your triumphs. It gives us the freedom to stand up for people who cannot themselves, while using our talents to make people feel emotions. I believe that freedom lies within our creations. We make them feel what we feel, and we cannot be wrong about that. We can express ourselves through them. Every person has the ability to create, and those creations are the key to our true selves.
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