A Typical Conversation

Often when I tell someone that I play oboe, piano, or sing a response is made such as,"I used to take lessons, but I wasn't very good, and I quit." Who decided they were no good? Was it a teacher or a parent? Who decides what is good and what is bad? What is music for? Is it only for performing and hearing? What is art for? For making only masterpeices and looking at? I suggest that art mediums are for our own spiritual and mental health. When children are discouraged at a young age in regards to their artistic endevours they are robbed of a tool that could help them cope during some of their lives most challenging circumstances.