Ever since we were young we have been told time and time again to pursue our dreams, enjoy what we do and find a way to express ourselves; however, throughout the course of a few years, our society as a whole has started to eradicate the creative expressions of  music, language and arts such as photography, drawing and painting, without looking at the ramifications of the action.

Without a way to express our emotions through words, drawings, or pictures, we are creating a society based off of the information transferred from phone-to-phone, from platform-to-platform , and we are also creating a society of people who work nine-to-fives and have no idea how to be creative whatsoever.

What are we teaching kids? To be workaholics striving for perfection that is absolutely unobtainable? Yes, we need doctors and nurses and researchers, but at what cost? Say the person has no strong suit in coding for a database because it gives them migraines every time they have to teach a computer how to think for itself, store information and interpret data, yet they are able to paint pictures so realistic it is uncanny, or take metaphors and spin them into eloquent stories that makes the reader relive every breathing moment of the main character; to create a piece of music that touches the heart of everyone who listens.

On the other hand, we do need scientists and other forms of STEM programs because they prepare us for our ever-advancing, technology-based society. STEM programs have given our society medicines for treating various forms of cancer at a wide range of stages, cars that target more safety-concerns than ever before, and methods of communication the world has never seen before; however, there is a time for work and there is time for a class that requires little to no brain power.

It is proven that music “improves memory, auditory skills, and cognitive flexibility– the ability to transition from thinking about one concept to another,” (Mental Health Daily, and Be Brain Fit). Not only is the brain able to communicate between one side to the other when it utilizes these skills, but listening to or creating music is also proven to reduce stress and improve mood. In our society, the level of stress in the younger generations are higher than ever, which contributes to an overall average of 3 million Americans per year with anxiety-related issues.

All in all, a society without creative arts is a society based on stress. People in our society will only advance to become anti-social robots focused on the latest trends, innovations and creating a world based on technology,eradicating the simple pleasure of holding an instrument, paintbrush or camera taking one’s ideas and transferring them into a statement that transcends all languages.