Expressing yourself was always the way to really get to know yourself. Since drawings in caves, art has advanced - but, the point is the same. To find a way to show how one sees reality using any type of art is hard. An artist must have his strengths and weaknesses balanced because his peace of art, no matter what kind, will show both. Considering that, it takes courage to show everything what you're made of to the scary world outside. Artists have a cruel job, maybe the hardest of them all. Criticizing all current events and trying to show what is wrong with the world is not for the ones who can't take criticism themselves. Being able to stand in front of people that have a strong opinion about your deepest thoughts or work is not for the faint-hearted ones. It takes only one time to actually see if you can handle it. If you never leave your house again, after one bad critic - try finding a new job.

Painting is probably the most accepted type of art. You can love it for many reasons. First, the thematic is very different and anyone can find their era. Lost souls and aesthetes will be more than satisfied with romanticism. Beauty in movements and in passion that you can almost touch while looking in just one little masterpiece that's possibly more than three hundred years old will bring you soul food and a taste of real hedonism. Realism is for those that adore the tiniest details and pure perfection. The power of art is a powerful one. The feeling you'll get standing in front of a piece like this will never let you hide from it. It creates a stronger addiction then drugs and it doesn't need a single physical touch in order to get you to ask for more. The search for more is going to make you feel like a vampire that lusts for blood and blood only. It's a divine blessing and a terrible curse at the same time. Unfortunately, this art is a luxury today. If you live in a castle, there's no worry, but most of us mortals can't afford a Picasso's piece that'll just hang around in our living room. However, there is a way to decorate your home with few easy steps.

If you're already in a phase where you're in a bed need of an art dose, there's a place for you to go, no matter where you live. Try guessing. It's a modern art, relatively young. It combines paints and satires into one and it's a voice of youth everywhere. It always tells a story. You can find it out on the streets. It's created by the masked artists armed with sprays. It's graffiti.

Great artists were born in the past century. No one really celebrates their glory because no one knows enough about them. Their masks are their protection. Their work lives in fear from day to day as do their creators, not knowing when someone will destroy their work for good. But they are not so different form Michelangelo. Not so long ago, Michelangelo was also standing on ladders and painting on the wall. His "Creation of Adam". lives on the streets through sprays and Rensone's Creation of Adam somewhere on the wall where people can actually enjoy it because the original one is kept under maximum security. The number of people that's able to visit that glorious hall is not good enough. Imagine these two artists, standing on the ladder and breaking time and space by the connection they make.

Fine art isn't the only way to make your thoughts real. A written word is also a choice. It could be just your own, no one else ever doesn't have to see it. But going out on the streets and making a contribution by fighting for freedom of all art everywhere and making it available for those who didn't had a chance to meet it - is really doing something important. It's not just about angry children that need to leave a mark out there - it's about pure beauty available to everybody. If the only thing stopping you from doing something glorious for the whole human race is the fact that you don't have ladder, you're out of excuses. Get up on the ladders and make a difference.