Creativity Is Just as Valuable as Logic by Aaliyah Sharma

 Creativity Is Just as Valuable as Logic by Aaliyah Sharma

        For as long as I can remember, creativity has been the way I understand the world. I spend hours sketching, painting, and refining projects for my AP Art classes, and I even take art courses outside of school. Yet, I’ve noticed that when people hear I want to pursue art in college, their reactions are often hesitant. They ask, “But what about a real career?” as if creativity isn’t a serious path or as if logic and art can’t exist on the same level of importance.

        What I’ve learned through art is that creativity isn’t separate from intelligence; it is intelligence, just expressed differently. When I paint, I’m constantly solving problems with composition, contrast, symbolism, and balance. Each decision requires analysis, patience, and experimentation. That’s logic at work, just through a different medium. The best artists I know are also some of the most analytical thinkers; they just speak a visual language instead of a mathematical one.

       Society tends to praise logic more openly because it’s easier to measure. Grades, test scores, and statistics can fit neatly into boxes. But creativity can’t be graphed or standardized, and that’s exactly what makes it powerful. It allows people to see connections that don’t exist yet and to imagine possibilities before they’re proven. Every creation, from architecture to advertising to engineering, starts with someone’s creative idea.

       Art has taught me that logic builds the structure, but creativity gives it meaning. A life full of numbers but no imagination feels empty, just as a dream with no discipline never becomes real. The balance between the two is where true growth happens.

        So when I say I want to pursue art in college, it’s not because I’m choosing creativity over logic. It’s because I’m choosing both. Art challenges the mind and moves the heart. And in a world that depends on both innovation and understanding, creativity isn’t just valuable; it’s essential