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The positive side of art and the significance of a display

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The positive side of art and the significance of a display

Over the years I have visited hundreds of businesses large and small involved in about everything you could imagine. An unbelievable amount of corporate money is spent creating structures for people to conduct business or whatever. We expect humans to create, work, and function at their best in the interior environments of these buildings. What I find disturbing is how often so we pay little attention to creating a healthy, stimulating, and inspirational interior space.

Here is a simple yet often overlooked reality. Art influences us. Just about any industry that requires people will benefit if they pay attention to this basic principle. Investments in wisely chosen artwork can cause a much more productive, healthy, competitive, and spirited group of individuals. There may even be fewer sick days and people get along with each other better when surrounded by expressive and moving works of art. A large business might spend multi millions on a structure to house a workforce and then cover the walls with cheap and even faded images on poster paper under the guise of cost savings.

Believe it or not, I’ve seen this happen in hospitals where art could be of enormous benefit. It makes no sense. In the past, I have seen so many offices, work areas, etc. that are depressing and one could even describe them as painful to enter. When I require a service, I do what I can to avoid these places and I know others do the same. Imagine the effect it must have on employees who have to spend what could be a fairly large portion of their life in a place where what makes us human is denied.

What a difference a relatively small investment can make. It didn’t bother me to wait for help in my local cell phone provider’s building. There were at least a few nicely produced landscape works on the walls that I enjoyed looking at. It’s obvious that the marketing agents for this company decided on what they see as remote landscape art to promote their signal coverage. I kind of doubt they realized the other positive effects this display would produce. Some corporations have realized how important the arts are when designing an environment to house people. It seems to happen more often in larger population centers and resorts. There really isn’t a valid reason for this happening more in these areas, most organizations can realize the benefits regardless of location, regional culture, or attitudes.

Art is not something we live with; it’s something we can’t live without. Leland Howard