Read the full article which is published on Philosophy Bits (external link)Your emotions are strong and they push you around in myriad ways. It’s natural to have difficulty seeing what is real or true when this happens. Sometimes you have no reason why you feel a particular way. Something happened that brought a powerful feeling to the surface but you can’t understand what the emotion is or why it’s so intense.
Art helps you find the shape of your feelings. It helps to expand your awareness of your own experience, of what it is to be you. It can do this because your experiences are not wholly your own. Many aspects of them are shared by others and some of these others have found ways to express their experiences through art. By exploring their artworks, you explore their experiences and you gain a broader understanding of your own.
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