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The arts are important to me because they allow me to gain a better understanding of my own feelings and thoughts, as well as express them to others with more ease.

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The arts allow me to cope with my emotions and destress after a long day. It gives me a way to express my creativity.

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The arts allow me to cope with my emotions and destress after a long day. It gives me a way to express my creativity.

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The arts are important to me because, its where I have the most fun and feel like a great educator

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Art helps me show my creativity and my vision about certain topics or ideas. It can also be very calming and relaxing, which is another reason why I enjoy it so much. You are also able to form a connection with other people throughout the arts.

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The arts are important to me because it allows me to be myself and express myself in different ways. Everyone is different and art helps each person to express themselves differently. I personally find the arts to be calming and relaxing, especially listening to music.

-Julie Bloss

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The arts are important to me because even if I am not the one creating them, I am still able to appreciate the perspectives and ideas they bring by learning from artists. -Callie Anderson

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While the arts can be very stressful when they are put into academic categories, the arts allow for freedom of expression and there are so many options for how a person can express their emotions or put their ideas into motion without anyone being able to say that what they did is wrong. The arts have allowed me to break away from perceptions of myself and allowed me to gain confidence.

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Art is important to me because it serves as a creative outlet that allows me to express how I am feeling and have fun.

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The arts allow me to relieve stress and focus my energy into something beautiful. - Lucy DeBaugh

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The arts allow me to relieve stress and focus my energy into something beautiful. - Lucy DeBaugh

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The arts give me an outlet to learn new things and to express my emotions in unique ways. I have learned a lot about myself through the arts.

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The arts give me an outlet to learn new things and to express my emotions in unique ways. I have learned a lot about myself through the arts.

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The arts allow me to bring my imagination to life and express my feelings/how I feel about the world.

- Amira Edwards

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The arts allow me to be creative in my own way and to express my personality, along with my knowledge. 

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The arts allow me to be creative in my own way and to express my personality, along with my knowledge. 

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The arts are important to me because it gives me a place to not only calm myself but express the many creative ideas I have in my head which is important to me. -Morgan Ballard

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The arts are important because they allow for self expression and help us understand one another.

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remind me of who I am, or who I was. they give me absolute freedom

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remind me of who I am, or who I was. they give me absolute freedom

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the creativity used for arts help to calm myself. I have also enjoyed doing art so it is fun for me

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I can capture the world around me while still expressing myself.

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I can capture the world around me while still expressing myself.

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Arts really help you gather your thoughts and place them in something, instead of being bored all day, theres always a type of art you can refer back to

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They help me to relax and unwind when I am stressed. 

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They help me to relax and unwind when I am stressed. 

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The arts is a place for me to express and show my creativity in different ways. Its important to me because it lets me be myself

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The arts encourage people's creativity and vision of the world. It is important to see different perspectives and ideas about various topics.