Art in the Time of COVID-19

"The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off your souls” As rightly said by Pablo Picaso, art heals our souls, connects to our emotions at a deeper level. Be it music,painting or even a folk dance, art has the immense power to infuse positivity and happiness in us. Art provides a way to forget our sorrows. It gives us a much more beautiful perceptive of life, makes us live in the moment. Creating art reduces the stress levels in us as well. No time can beat the dire need of the infusing positivity in us than the time of the pandemic. When we all are isolated, and when there is nothing to do, and our thoughts are completely filled with the negatives surrounding us , our empty mind has become the devil’s workshop. But there was art, which provided us a distraction.“Bringing people together, inspiring, soothing and sharing: these are the powers of art, the importance of which has been made emphatically obvious during the COVID-19 pandemic”, Audrey Azoulay says in her message. According to history, artists and art play a very significant role in the global crisis. Unlike the media which represents the facts, an artist has his or her own perspective on the ongoing situation, it is completely personal. Through the digital platforms art could be enjoyed, and can make a difference. Art helps us in expressing ourselves, making us feel that there is some connection between us and whatever we had drawn or sung or made. People in the historic times, recorded their lives through artistry, however they likewise utilized artisanship to communicate. We do this today, as well—human expressions make local areas by portraying shared occasions and to communicate our individual viewpoints. We characterize our human experience by the way of life we make and take an interest in. Culture, composed of customs, social collaborations, and exercises, is filled by expressions of the human experience. Be it music, food, or visual expressions, culture and human expressions are indivisible. We are seeing an expanded go to human expressions during the COVID-19 pandemic. Worldwide, we have gone to art commitment as a wellspring of solace and strength. Taking an interest in and seeing artisanship causes us to associate with a more general human experience. Be it any craft making at home, public paintings, watching and tuning in to plays and music or dance, or newly discovered interests in culinary expressions, artistry is a statement of being human. An acknowledgment that human expressions emphatically influence our bodies and psyches is a rudimentary initial phase in figuring another arrangement. artisanship encourages mindfulness, improves social abilities, builds confidence and eases back intellectual decrease. Numerous examinations have shown that exercises, for example, seeing a canvas, tuning in to music or watching an exhibition reinforce learning, decrease tension and recuperate injury. Thus, expressions of the human experience are advertisers of better networks in the middle of the road and long haul. During the covid 19 pandemic people are making art, such as photography,painting, music. Infact, music, in particular, has always brought people together, especially in difficult times. Songs helped neighbors in Italy and students from Berklee stay connected during the pandemic.One may not be an expert artist, but one can definitely gain the relaxing benefits by making art and feel happy about themselves. SUMMARY Art is a form of expressing ourselves, our emotions, our moods. During the pandemic various forms of art- be it music, cooking or painting all have proved to be stress relieving and relaxing. According to history, humans have always expressed the circumstances and their opinions on them through their artworks. Art is a way of unifying the world as a whole. Artists and creators of art play a very important role in the time of global crisis. They represent the circumstances with a personal touch and experience.

By Ayushi Wadjikar