I don't know why she feels so strongly this way, although I know it is not because she hates art, in fact she is a gifted amateur artist, but I disagree.
Me the person who only does art if I can find some sort of practical reason for it.
I think that art is all around us, whether it is architecture, or stickers, or gourmet food. We all appreciate different forms more then others but if it wasn't necessary would we, as a race, be driven to create so frequently.
Art makes me happy. It provides peace. I think nice art can contribute to the emotion and the feel of a location. It provides emotional connections. It is evocative and freeing. I think the act of creating brings us closer to God, after all who is more creative?
Art may not be entirely necessary for the human body but surely it is necessary for the spirit.
