I am infatuated with art, and by art I mean music, poetry, painting, the human body and literature; all this for me is art. I believe art is what unites us all; as a child this is what I was taught in school. In Art and Music class it didn't matter how popular you were or even if you were a loner you were included and everyone was equal. I played the flute for about ten years and during those ten years I acquired another family. A family that made me feel safe at school and gave me a place to belong. Through my experience I have learned that art in general is a universal language and unites everyone on earth. Music has been a big part of my life, as mentioned above. While I was in middle school, my band and I met foreign students at a music convention, and even though not many of them spoke English, we still bonded over music because the tones and notes of the songs are the same in every language. We learned more about some of them and that was really eye-opening because they were dealing with so many problems at home and they still seemed ...