God; the ultimate creator of all, he alone allows us to have the senses of taste, touch and vision of beauty in our inner most being. I have no doubt every single one of us has that ability, like the sense of our creation, the ability to love, feel, and just know what is beautiful. It is my belief each one of us possesses that ability and manifests it daily by God's grace by just “being”.
Art should never be considered excellent by us through the eyes of the perverse, nor put upon the shelf of useless wares of unproductivity by believers. It's time Christians claim back what was most graciously given them, that ancient remnant, the ability to see what is good. If Christians are a reflection of Christ himself, how can we disregard our own creativity, even if it is on paper? Is that not a reflection of Gods greatness? Is it not by His own creation that we possess the ability to be creative, to seek beauty in Gods creation and emulate it in everything we do?
I think most people do not think about the fine arts in every day life and KNOW how it really effects us. The fine arts well spring starts with the ability to “see beauty”, which is at the basic level of learning how to draw for the most part with exceptions. However, it is the study of the fine arts that produce: Drawings, Paintings, Sculpture…which can be for more specialized skills in the modern world like, fashion design, graphic design, computer graphics, advertising… et. al. Now, how important are these right now in discriminating tastes? So is artistic creativity a worth while pursuit? You be the judge, I so happen to believe it is.