A widespread art

When I stroll through Q Gallery, an artists's cooperative on Main Street, I see excellent art.  But I don't see much of the most widespread art. I am confident that in the history of art, there have been some who were reluctant to include along with painting and sculpture, that other art, the use of words.  An art seems characterized by a material of the art, maybe clay or paint.  In the art of words, we tend to use speech and ears or writing materials like paper and pen.

It seems to be THE fundamental human art, the use of language, spoken or written.  Freud and others saw the parts of human life that matter but that are only available through words.  True, you can tell I am interested in you when you catch me looking at you so often but it isn't until I use words to describe my envy of your height or notable repartee, that you realize what aspect of you gets to me.