Humanities are the broad areas of human creativity and the studies essentially involved with values and generally not strictly objective or scientific standards. As I perceive it, humanity deals in all the areas of human creativity. It is the lense through which an individual perceives her or his morals, culture, views and values. Humanities also deals with the emotional side of our consciousness, rather than mathematics and the scientific aspects of life. Humanities, as one would guess by its name, pertains to humans and does not pertain to God, Buddha, Allah or any other higher power or spiritual entity. For some people with strong spiritual beliefs it is very difficult to distinguish between humanities and spirituality. In fact, some may say that humanities cannot exist without spirituality. However, there is a there is a vast difference between humanity and divinity. If there were not a vast difference between the two, humanity would not pertain to those who chose not to believe in a spiritual entity or a higher power. .
Humanities and art often stand side by side. Without human values, views, morals and culture art cannot exist, for these are the basic principles from which art is created. Defining art can be a rather difficult task, because what one may perceive to be art another may not. After researching the definition of art, I have found that many have attempted to define art. I feel that they often have omitted crucial aspects of it. To me, art means creation. It is a way to find a common ground between the land of fantasy that lies deep within someone and what we perceive to be reality. Its also gives us insight into the artist's perception of the world that we share. It is the use of skill and imagination in the creation of aesthetic objects, environment or experiences that can be shared by others. The term art can also be used to designate one of several forms of expression such as filmmaking, painting, music, dance, architecture, sculptures, literature, and many other modes of aesthetic expression.
