We certainly live in a digital age. Information flies by us so fast and furiously, it’s hard to decipher what is true, filtered or just plain false. I grew up during a time when there were no personal computers, cell phones, emails, websites, blogs, or tweets. We did have telephones (albeit with rotary dials), but in those days we communicated via letters and phone conversations, face-to-face chats and telegrams. Sure, there was less immediacy, but much more intimacy in those days. Time went by at a slower pace because information flowed more slowly.
At Catalyst Arts, we believe that the only true and genuine form of communication is through creative expression. Artists express themselves through words, music, images or movement; and we, the audience, receive that message on a level so deep that it can be exhilarating, liberating, and, at times, unsettling. Art touches us in a way that no other form of communication can. It forces us to feel, which causes us to experience that moment of our life in a new way, which ultimately transforms the way we think about ourselves, and changes the way we interact with others. The arts are a powerful catalyst for change.
Few of us have traveled the globe, and yet we feel we know the plight of our brothers and sisters in far away places because of what we’ve been told. I suggest we learn about other cultures through their art. It is the best, the oldest, and the most profound form of human communications on the planet.
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