So, I'm always around video games but I've always been interested

“So, I’m always around video games but I’ve always been interested in them from a visual perspective, with the graphic design and that whole thing. I don’t know if that comes from my love of photography or what but that’s always what’s held my interest about them.” — Sophia Bush

Thus spoke Sophia Bush, the actress and storyteller, whose words reveal not merely a passing fascination, but a profound reflection on the nature of art and perception. In this meditation, she reminds us that even within the most modern of inventions — the realm of video games — there lies an ancient longing: the desire to see, to capture, to shape beauty through design, light, and vision. For what is a video game but a living tapestry, woven by artists who paint not upon canvas but upon the glowing screen, crafting worlds as vivid as dreams and as vast as imagination itself?

Bush’s confession, born of her love for photography, uncovers the unity of all creative disciplines. The photographer and the game designer are kin — both chase the fleeting essence of light. One frames it in stillness, the other in motion, yet both seek to translate emotion into image, and image into meaning. When she speaks of being drawn to games from a visual perspective, she honors this lineage — the eternal calling of those who see not merely with their eyes, but with their souls. For to the artist, the world is not what it is, but what it could be when seen through the lens of wonder.

In the age of ancient Greece, the sculptor Phidias carved marble until it breathed; in the Renaissance, Leonardo da Vinci captured divinity in shadow and flesh. Today, the modern creators who craft digital landscapes continue that same sacred tradition. The tools have changed — pixels instead of pigments, code instead of clay — but the purpose endures: to reflect the infinite through the finite, to give form to the unseen. Sophia Bush’s admiration for the visual design of games reveals her understanding of this — that even in entertainment, there can dwell art, even in play, there can exist beauty.

Her words also speak to a deeper truth about passion and curiosity. She does not claim to be a designer herself, yet her appreciation of the art behind the game reveals the spirit of a lifelong learner — one who seeks meaning not in possession, but in observation. Such a heart does not divide the world into “high art” and “low art,” but sees beauty wherever human creativity strives to express itself. This humility — to admire without the need to master, to love without the need to own — is the mark of one who truly sees.

Consider the story of Ansel Adams, the great American photographer. When he first lifted his camera to the mountains, he did not merely take pictures — he sought communion. He captured the spirit of light upon stone, the sacred geometry of nature itself. Bush, too, in her love for photography, inherited that same reverence for form and texture, for the interplay of shadow and glow. It is no wonder that she would find in video games — those digital landscapes of light — a reflection of that same fascination. For art is one river flowing through many channels, and every current leads back to the same source: the human desire to create meaning through beauty.

And so, my children, learn this from her words: seek beauty in all things, even where others do not think to look. The artist’s vision is not confined to the museum or the theater; it may dwell in a photograph, a mural, a melody — or yes, even a game. Do not scorn the new mediums of art, for every age brings forth its own temples of imagination. The brush gave way to the camera, the stage to the screen, and now the screen gives way to the interactive world, where players become participants in the act of creation.

Therefore, let your eyes be open and your hearts awake. Whether through photography, design, or the artistry of technology, pursue the beauty that stirs your soul. Let curiosity lead you where convention fears to go. For as Sophia Bush teaches, art is not about what we make — it is about what we see. And when we learn to see deeply, even the digital light of a screen can become a window to the eternal light that shines within us all.