Art helps us deal with hard times

Tough times seem to stimulate creativity, and art is one vehicle for self expression when the rock gets rocky. See here for a story of how one unemployed man copes with difficult times by turning his van into a work of art. He asks people to write how the recession has affected them on his van with a sharpie. He plans to enter the van in an art competition offering a top prize of $300,000.

Image: By Melina Mara -- The Washington Post