Answer to Question 8: What is the value of artistic expression to society & the individual?

We are spiritual beings in physical bodies. We are the connectors between the spiritual and physical realms. Our purpose in life is to bridge the worlds. The primary way we have of doing that is artistic expression.

Groups of connected, creative, fulfilled humans make Utopian societies. Gone is the sense of threat and competitveness we've come to take for granted. Yes, we live in a world where supply is limited and demand is unlimited, so there may always be some sense of competition. But that is lessened when each individual is truly fulfilled. And true fulfillment, while in some ways more easily accomplished in a materially rich environment, is the product of internal, not external, focus.