Arts in Singapore

I think that arts play a very significant role in Singapore. Arts and aesthetics remind peole to be graceful and appreciate the art of beauty. It teaches and educate to be gracious in this selfish society and be conscious at our actions. Art through painting and many other forms brings one back to the past and also allow one to learn more about his or her heritage. Through art, people are able to feel the past and probabbly appreciate the present and predict the future.

However, as said by the Acting Minister for Information, Communications and the Arts, poeple nowadays see the arts as an indulgence, or for the well-heeled and rich, or if we have time to spare. This is very true in the modern society where the pace of life is painfully fast and does not allow people for much leisure time. Even when one is able to spare a few minutes for relaxing, many a time, people spend their leisure time on their electrical gadgets or on other materialistic products rather then make a trip down to the musuem or wherever that resides artistic values.

Besides, in this modern world where one is driven by profits and money, many artists do related arts job because of the extrinsic rewards they can derive from it rather than the pure interests of it.

Hence, I feel that more should be done to increase the role of the value of arts for people to appreciate its beauty. Art allow one to be more elegant and poised as it brings out the elegance of people. Therefore, arts play a very important role in Singapore as the people are not as graceful and has lots of improvements to be made.