Art is the creation of forms symbolic of human feeling (Langer). Art products, expressive in form, are inspired by environmental elements, relating to the environment in a personal and unique manner that includes sensing, clarifying, and stating self. The arts communicate insights, perceptions, and feelings that are linked to life issues and conditions. They represent the earth’s energies, rhythms, space, and time flow. More important, the arts satisfy needs over and above material necessities.
Drawings, paintings, and markings on tombs; designs on instruments, tools, and the human body; decorating of homes and surroundings; all attest to this human imperative and emphasize the inextricable bond between people, the environment, and the arts. Different but connected disciplines, the arts are creative, have form, and share elements—space, rhythm, design and patterns, energy and time.