Art is deeply rooted in our genetic code. It was an evolutionary advantage without which we might not have made it as a species; and we still might not make it if we ignore beauty and creativity. And all items that make life worth living. Art, music, dance, handicrafts - and probably lots of other things - are especially valuable for People With Parkinson's, because art and music and dance and vigorous exercise and emotions are pre-verbal; before language and thought and definition; deeply rooted in us; when we get into "the Zone" we touch on the eternal, and the universe reveals itself as a quite amazing feat, a stunning Creation, a tour-de-force, and we, too, want to create. We saw the moon coming up hundreds of thousands of years before we knew, factually, what it was. Before that, for uncounted generations, when the moon came up, all we could do was wonder and marvel. Pre-verbal. And pre-verbal is often where our pain is located. Get primitive ! Everybody, forget your perfect explanation, shut off the chatter in your head, and get up and boogie! Or paint. Or join the very few people who make art out of glass; alchemy of beauty; each item one of a kind.
The creators of Beauty are the true revolutionaries. They say, "You know, life is supposed to be worth living." As Penny Lang says, "Follow your bliss".
It's Saturday, and I am allowed to talk like this on week-ends.