The "Three Basic Arts"............

I had been thinking for a long time of why exactly do people appreciate Talent? We often see someone saying "He sings very well", "That is an outstanding piece of art","A R Rahman's music rocks" , "I love watching MJ doing the moonwalk"......etc. What are the reasons behind those appreciations? What triggers them to appreciate?


Well,
The Dictionary says
ap·pre·ci·ate means : v.tr.

1. To recognize the quality, significance, or magnitude of: appreciated their freedom.

2. To be fully aware of or sensitive to; realize: I appreciate your problems.

3. To be thankful or show gratitude for: I really appreciate your help.

4. To admire greatly; value.

Psychologists say that, "Any feeling that our human body exhibits is a result of some unknown process that has been initiated in the body itself.... ". This made me think seriously and to my utter suddenness i could trace the reason behind it. Surprisingly , what the psychologists said was true .It was because of the "Three Basic Arts " , which exists in ourselves that makes us appreciate talent. Now what are the three basic arts.

They are : 1)Music 2) dance and 3) painting.

Now one can ask me,"How do these qualities exist in ourselves? How can you justify that?".

Let me explain......

Quite often we hear these words; music , dance and painting ; and we have some definition for these words stored in our subconscious mind. We term, the music produced by an electric guitar as rock music and the one produced by a sitar as classical. In our generation we have come to such an extinct where we stopped exploring new things and spend most of the time knowing the existing things. In this process we might have missed out many more definitions of music, dance and painting.

Consider...........

Music: If you carefully observe, every sound that a human ear can listen to, has some music involved in it. Every sound corresponds to a Swara (The Octaves) ,has a scale and a pitch. The fan sound has some music in it. The train running on the track has some music involved in it. Music is chosen as a hobby by many; let it be vocal or instrumental. Music can change our mood and on the other hand we select songs depending upon our mood.Music has been categorized into many genres and is appreciated by all.

Dance : Dance is a form of art which involves movement of body, usually rhythmic to music. Dance may also be regarded as a form of nonverbal communication between humans. There are different types of dances : bharatanatyam , kuchipudi , breakdance , salsa ect....
If you carefully observe, every movement that our body makes, has some dance involved in it . Legendary dancers often say that Every movement has some meaning hidden in it and they are yet to explore many more forms of dance. Dance is chosen as a hobby by many and is appreciated by all.

Painting : Painting is a mode of expression where you transform your ideas into pictorial representation.The forms are numerous: Eastern and Western art, cave painting , glass painting etc. If you carefully observe, every picture you capture in between the time span , you blink your eyes,is a painting. Leonardo's painting , Monalisa is one of the famous and most appreciated paintings in the history.

So knowingly or unknowingly we have these Three Basic Arts existing in us, that makes us appreciate talent.

Now if we mix all these three: the sound, movement and picture you get a motion picture or a movie. And so far the movies have been the best form of entertainment.


Thank you.
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