Class broke into groups to discuss point they had selected from the John's Hopkins School of Educations list of "Why the Arts are Important".

They also discussed ""What is Art? What is the purpose of the Arts?" Each group presented ideas from on this point and the subject was opened to the class for general debate.

We watched Stanford Professor of Neurology Robert Sapolsky's video on the role of heirarchy in stress production and the corelation of stress and physical health, with the purpose of adding ideas from this area to the debate on the purpose of the arts, and why we need them today.

Work will continue on this subject in the next class. - Watch the rest of Sapolsky's Class-Day lecture on "The Uniqueness of Humans"