Decoration is another activity that may have points in common with art.  The decorator seeks to make things attractive to look at by applying things to surfaces of architecture and interiors, by designing objects that may be both functional and beautiful, by enhancing the environment.  The artist also creates things of beauty, but the beauty may move the viewer to a new insight or realization.

In traditional societies all people are artists.  In the West, artists have become specialized and too often marginalized.  Really art is essential to human culture.  Art is one of the things that make human beings different from other animals.

It is intention that often makes the difference between gymnastics, entertainment, and decoration on the one hand and art on the other.  We at American Creative Dance make art.  We are serving an essential function of human society.   We are part of what makes us a little lower than the angels but higher than the beasts.  When this company is fully funded we will be free to make art for the good of all.

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