The purpose of art and music

We all search for facts and figures, moving fast in fatigue.
But are we really living? Are we enjoying life, or just moving?
Being a part of the corporate system, working like an organ of the machine
is our mind being structured only into static patterns of figures and fits?

From the beginning of human civilization, art and music have developed as forms of expression and enjoyment. From the nadan pattu or koythu pattu of old Kerala paddy fields - sung to ease the burden of hard labor to the devotional murals, the expressive arts recorded in the Mughal era, from the kolam of Tamil Nadu to the cave paintings of Ellora, art and music have always served a deeper purpose.

They heal the weary mind and the soul.