Art is everywhere, it’s in the simplest moments of our daily lives, the way we move through our days, and the care we put into our work.
But the ‘art’ we often think of, I never gave much thought to until I taught social studies. That’s when I began noticing how deeply art and culture are connected, working together to express ideas in different forms. Whether through colors, songs, dance, languages, or costumes, they reflect shared emotions and universal experiences, bringing us closer in unexpected ways.
This section is a space to explore those connections and the ways art and culture shape how we see and feel the world around us.
For a while, I struggled with a mental war between two actions: holding on and letting go. Both seemed equally valid, equally necessary, yet completely at odds with each other (and with themselves). On one hand they are both considered as acts of faith, where holding...