Artist are apostles of beauty, which proves that God still loves the world, despite us! Beauty is a testimony. The fact that we still see a sunset or piece of art as beautiful, proves we are still human, and worth saving or healing. They carry not just blind hope, but hope in clear view of the facts of suffering! And that makes good art, and becomes a sign for the whole. Optimism without hope is idealism; true artist offer something higher than that sort of romanticism, they offer an indicator towards what St Peter calls “living Hope