MUSIC , ART AND THEATER ARE ALL EXPRESSIONS OF SOCIETYS CREATIVITY. HOW CAN WE BEST CULTIVATE THIS EXPRESSION , ENRICHING OUR PRESENT AND OUR FUTURE?

A Critical Essay on 1

Running Head : A CRITICAL ESSAY ON MUSIC

A Critical Essay on Music , Theater and Art as Expression Of Societal Creativity

and it 's Cultivation to Enrich the Present and the Future (your name (your university

A Critical Essay on 2

Abstract

A about the role of arts and culture in the cultivation of social creativity in both the present and the future considering the internal workings of an artist in relation to society

A Critical Essay on 3

The artist is the opposite of

the politically minded individual

the opposite of the reformer , the opposite of the idealist

The artist does not tinker with the universe

he recreates it out of his own experience and understanding of life (Miller , 1891

If the above quote is to be examined , it actually says the opposite of this thesis statement that art , such as music , theater and the like are expressions of society 's creativity . Ironically , though , it also bolsters it by saying that the personal expression of the artist although not necessarily a reflection of society 's collective creative process and experience is actually the very basis from which society itself is being drawn into , modified , classified , shaped , molded awakened , and finally , defined . Art after all , beginning from the artist 's own personal creativity , was created due to the artists reaction to , or personal reflection of a stimulus that came from his dealings and living in his environment and society coming full circle when society shares...