Day world it is an end in the sense that he creates a New World for himself. Since it is an imaginary world, it is not subject to the vicissitudes that befall the worldly things. A poem, a painting, a sculpture created by the artist gives joy to him while he is in the act of creation; it gives him joy again after a lapse of time, when he imaginatively recreates or relives the original moment of creation.
His art takes on the dimensions of a social product, the moment it is available for the viewing of others. If it touches a responsive chord in others, he establishes communication with his fellow beings and enters into a lasting relationship with them.
What accounts for popularity or demand for art? Does it meet any of the permanent needs of man? It is difficult to determine the place of art vis. a vis. other needs of man. But it does not require much argument to establish the relevance of art to human life. From the first lullaby to the last memorial of a person, art features in man’s life in one form or the other.
Art comforts man through lullabies, songs, drama and cinema. Art serves to fulfil the desire of man to transcend the death and decay to which all earthly [tings are subject. Art consoles man to help him imagine what is desired but is not immediately available for use. It enables him to live a double life without the torture and morbidity of schizophrenia.
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Art caters to the eternal human desire to beautify and glamourise man’s short sojourn on this earth. Just as tools and machines have helped man to produce more food and consumer goods, similarly artistic abilities have helped man impart greater charm and beauty to his’body, house and environment besides equipping him with immense refinement to enjoy the pleasures of the senses.
The most precious achievements and monuments of mankind, whether it is a pyramid or a building like the Tajmahal, are man’s attempts to eternalise memories of his near and dear ones that he was initially loath to lose forever. We may safely say that art is a by-product of man’s self love and a fond hope to live forever in a world beyond this world.
Art is both a means as well as an end. It is a means for the artist to transcend the limitations of time and space and to partake of pleasures not found in the day to Creation of art has been often compared with the process of birth. The comparison.