+musamor75 "make the world a better place" is debatable. In what way do they make the world a better place and for who?

"Art and creativity tend to elevate the individual, and his surroundings, whereas doubt and especially negativity, tend to abase and to lower the individual- and, his surroundings." I think Van Gogh's right ear would disagree with your summation. Most artists that we admire, died in abject poverty and misery and did nothing for their surrounding! Things are rarely better nowadays, and I don't just mean the general consensus and successes of a very select few.

+utubecomment21 Yes, most of the artists we admire DID die in excruciating circs. Maybe you want to look up WHY, and WHOM might have been responsible for their poverty. Take a closer look at the Merchants, and you'll soon get the greater picture. Once you understand the principle of wealth, and how it preys on the Poor, a whole lot of tactics become crystal clear. By the way, I suppose you know that Vincent's brother Theo, was an art dealer ; he never sold a single painting of his brother's. Then look at why banks own "priceless" (that's the wrong word, because everything's tagged) instruments. However, Art in itself is to be upheld, for if we lived in an artless world things would be even bleaker. Just a last word ; Artists (the true) are not materialists, they are inhabited by their work and don't hark after possessions.

then you clearly havent studied natural organic patterns, because I can assure you, they look more like Josephs designs than northern or european design.

Most Americans are not into that type of furniture. American style furniture is nothing like that and tends to be more classical in nature. Northern Europeans are not renowned for furniture making either. Ireland used to have a flourishing crafted furniture culture that declined after the Irish revolutionary period.

you dont have the faintest fucking clue what you're talking about