Art for Humans

If your humans are like mine, they've recently learned that they will be staying home even more strictly and for longer than they had expected. In my case, I am lucky that my house is big enough to let us all share the space relatively peacefully. But even so the humans' spirits seem to need some bolstering. 

Something I've noticed during this pandemic is how very important art is to humans, particularly when they are otherwise stressed or unhappy. I've been trying to understand exactly why this is so, and I have to confess I am still at a loss. What they hear in "music" is beyond me. Visual art is perhaps more accessible--I admit it does have its fascination.

Learning to appreciate visual art

Obviously we should be tolerating and even encouraging our humans' efforts at experiencing and even creating art at this time. The problem is that it's hard to know which things count as art and which don't. Keep in mind, though, that some of it is fed to the humans via their screens, so this is another reason to tolerate certain kinds of screen fixation for now. My guess is that more active forms of art are even more useful than passive forms, but that's just a guess.