http://www.ncwriters.org/whitecross/2012/08/30/the-cost-and-true-value-of-the-arts-in-north-carolina/ The Online Journal of the North Carolina Writers' Network Fri, 03 May 2013 23:58:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.ncwriters.org/whitecross/2012/08/30/the-cost-and-true-value-of-the-arts-in-north-carolina/comment-page-1/#comment-3072 Denise Petrey Wed, 26 Sep 2012 23:27:56 +0000 http://www.ncwriters.org/whitecross/?p=1170#comment-3072 Studying the arts is more than creating art, whatever its form. The expansion of mind required by art-making is relative to more creative thinking, greater diversity, and wholeness of left/right brain function. To deprive rising generations of this crucial exploration and processes is to deprive society of the maximized and compassionate leaders desperately needed in our growing, struggling world.

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