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Art and Music






          ENRICH LIFE













               ome people profess, "I can't draw a straight line.”   central India has been dated back to around 700,000 B.C.
               Or maybe you're one who says, "I can't carry a   The sculpture, Venus of Hohle Fels, found in Germany,
         Stune in a bucket.”  But have you really tried? Have   has been dated to between 38,000 and 33,000 B.C.
          you ever taken lessons from a skilled vocalist or music
          director? There are experts in singing and playing all   Also, music has been in every culture around the world
          kinds of musical instruments, as well as in drawing,   for 55,000 years. Nicholas Conrad, a researcher at the
          quilting, pottery, lapidary,                                               University of Tubingen in
          jewelry making, woodwork,                                                  Germany indicates, "Music and
          and painting in watercolors,                                               art were important in helping
          acrylics, oil paints, pastels, etc.                                        early humans forge a sense of
          So many are eager to teach                                                 identity and mutual trust that
          their skills with others.                                                  enabled them to become so
                                                                                     successful." *
          There are those who have
          enjoyed one or more of these                                               My own journey in art and music
          pursuits throughout their                                                  began early. I don't recall having
          lifetime. If you're a senior who                                           coloring books as a child, but I
          hasn't, there is good news                                                 do remember drawing things
          – it's never too late to learn.                                            on paper and using crayons to
          Remember that Grandma                                                      color them. With encouragement
          Moses started painting                                                     from my teachers, I continued to
          seriously at age 78, continuing                                            improve my drawing skills and
          late in her 90s before passing at                                          later ventured into watercolor
          age 101.                                                                   painting as well. At age fourteen,
                                                                                     I began woodcarving, a hobby I
          Man has expressed himself                                                  have now pursued for more than
          with art throughout the world                                              65 years. Along the way, I have
          since the beginning of human                                               taken countless classes from
          history. Cave art found in                                                 master woodcarvers and had my







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