Why we stopped making art

Art is not a talent or a skill. Art is a human impulse. To draw is to claim space. To paint is to assert feeling. To create is to say: I exist, I notice, I feel. A culture that suppresses personal expression doesn’t do so by accident. It serves a purpose. When people are disconnected from their creative instincts, they are more manageable, more predictable. Creativity breeds unpredictability. It fosters dissent, curiosity, disruption. And that makes it inconvenient.