How does art contribute to emotional maturity?

It helps identify and express feelings creatively

Emotional maturity involves recognising feelings, understanding their causes, expressing them appropriately, and responding sensitively to other people. Art provides safe and constructive channels for this development: drawing can represent an inner mood, music can communicate subtle feelings, drama can build perspective-taking, and writing can help organise personal experience. Option C is correct because creative expression supports self-awareness while also encouraging empathy. Options A and B confuse maturity with suppression or denial, and D states the opposite of the sensitivity that many artistic activities can cultivate. Art does not remove difficult emotions; it helps learners process and communicate them responsibly.

This is a Class 9 Art Education question. Chapter: Introduction to Art. Topic: Art as a form of expression.