“Art may not be able to write down the drugs we need to take for our cough, but it is the song we sing when drugs can no longer comfort us,” puts Len Cristobal in her article on CNN Philippines’ lifestyle website.

 

Since the quarantine started, probably most of us have been storming the online streaming sites for movies, music, all sorts of TV series, vlogs, or just even binge-watching replays of shows on TV. Imagine a world during this global health crisis without the arts being conveyed through various communication channels. How could we even stay sane?

 

Art is like a fabric of human connections that binds us closer regardless of how physically distant we are to one another at present. When we feel alone at home, we are unconsciously hungry for art, so, we turn on the TV and watch replays of Encantadia or stream episodes of May Bukas Pa or On the Wings of Love via a free video-streaming app on our smartphones. This way, art paves an option for us to escape our present grim realities. It gives us a breather to temporarily forget our problems by listening to stories of hope and love. The emotions it elicits accompany us anywhere.