Why does art exist

Therapy

De terugkeer van de verloren zoon (The Return of the Prodigal Son), 1661 - 1669The State Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg, RussiaRembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, 1606 - 1669
De terugkeer van de verloren zoon (The Return of the Prodigal Son), 1661 - 1669

Nurture

Art can serve as a therapeutic tool, fostering individual mental and emotional well-being in ways and to extents that everyday or verbal communication cannot achieve.