Here's the gist: "Peer-reviewed studies consistently show that participation in the arts improves cognitive flexibility, problem-solving, and critical thinking, skills increasingly valued in workplaces shaped by rapid technological change." That's all very nice, but I think we should reserve room for the idea of art for art's sake. We don't need to find instrumental value in art; it's enough on its own. How can this be? Art is its own pathway into the same insights of logic, mathematics, physics, language, and the other disciplines. This is illustrated nicely if you compare the Rudolf Carnap's logical foundation of probability and Georges Seurat's pointillism. If you think about it (take your time) they're doing exactly the same thing, one with predicate calculus and the other with colour. Art will help you find the patterns behind cognition and creativity, but by its own merit, not as a route to other skills.
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