tenfold

can art save the world?

can music save the world?

i'm trying to figure out whether abstract art and abstract music can save the world?
(not being sure what this term "save the world" really means)
I think they can in that they change our way of thinking beyond what is humanly possible without certain kinds of outside influences.

But art in itself is a creative outlet, and often not a whole lot more.
In my recent conversations, people have bashed the meaning of art.
they see it as a dull tool.
"only the foolish and uneducated become artists. "

i have to admit, conceptual art is one of my first loves.
it is the place where my thinking is expanded tenfold.