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where they wait for their muse, and remember to take out the trash. Melissa points out that art is being used in many ways both inside and outside the museum. If the headquarters of a cor- poration are in a big city, often middle management is sent to study paintings in the various museums. It turns out that solv- ing problems in a painting can be useful in solving problems in the business world, such as developing perspective, finding the central point in negotiations, or what can be pushed into the background as being less important. “Using art to teach other subjects in schools is now widely practiced,” she says. “Research seems to show that studying paintings helps with architecture, with figures in math such as angles or circles, or social studies with paintings illustrating historical events, Goya with Napoleon’s invasion of Spain, George Washington crossing the Delaware. And, of course, with photography, the closest one of all.” One dilemma painters often confront is to analyze what art in any of its forms does for them? Tubbs has found the answer, at least for her. “For a long time I’ve been convinced that all human beings have a need for beauty in their lives. And I also feel that God put me on this earth to see beauty in unexpected places: in the shadow cast by a tree, in the angle of a roof above an ordinary house, in the curve of a bridge sailing over a stream. Many people need help in enjoying that kind of beauty, and that’s where my drawings can be helpful. Because they tie in with an old saying that art is not what the artist sees but what he can make others see. I want to help with that.” ^ Find us on Facebook and Instagram JUNE 2018 17 Monroe County Courthouse