If Parents Don't Show Appreciation for the Arts, Their Children Will Be Uninspired to Create Their Own Ideas

It is a shame intelligent young adults make fun of rather than appreciate art and poetry. But when adults crack themselves up hysterically and take pictures of inappropriate behavior in lieu of photographing and discussing creative ideas or artwork, I can't help but think they are teaching our youth that acting out and insulting others is what gets you attention and approval, not pursuing and sharing creative interests. If parents, aunts, and older cousins can't express the value and hard work put into a piece of art, their children won't be inspired to create their own ideas; they will be afraid of being made fun of for their imagination.

If it's easy to get praise by clowning around, there is no need to try their hand at writing, sculpture, or painting. Kids see they will make more friends by teaming up against and insulting their peers, probably those who do make art. After all, mom and dad poke fun of artists, so that must be the thing you do.

If something is different or about a topic they don't have interest in and adults have no use for it and are incapable of appreciating the mechanics that went into its production, children figure anything they don't like isn't good, and there is no reason to try to learn anything from it. They will have a better time making jokes about the piece with everyone else or taking selfies with the guy passed out on the bench over there.

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