Imagine a clump of trees standing forlorn and withered, devoid of fruits, flowers and leaves. It will be reduced to mere skeletal branches, drab and uninteresting. Likewise, if our lives are crammed with work; congested with activities from morn to night - gaining knowledge and experience, maintaining health and hearth, earning subsistence; at the end of the day, our body and mind will be totally exhausted. Mundane chores wipe out the joy of life and make our lives rigorous and robotic. However, a sprinkling of music and art can be life-transforming. A dash of colour, a lilting note of music can turn a grey life into a happy colourful one. As Pablo Picasso rightly said: Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life. The language of music and art transcends all political and social boundaries. It appeals to the heart and the senses and ushers in a a wave of joyfulness. It destroys barriers of this problem-ridden world and brings people together, irrespective of their background and history. Who wouldn't like to wonder at Mona Lisa's smile, Michelangelo's David, and Beethoven's Ninth Symphony? Art is how we decorate space. Music is how we decorate silence. It's a remedy for every ailment.