It just dawned on me that Sokka truly is a man of the arts. Haiku, painting, an appreciation for theatre(and yes, I do consider pro wrestling as a form of theatre, which is seen how hyped he was during Earth Rumble VI). He is the ideal engineering major with a huge appreciation for art.
don’t forget sculpting (his blubbering blob monster sand sculpture of suki), carving (the bear fish he carved for yue), and set design (he praised the effects in the boy in the iceberg). i’ve always said that i think there’s a false dichotomy between stem & liberal arts, because true science is a lot more theoretical and abstract, philosophical and artistic than we like to give it credit for. sokka is very logical, yes, but he’s also incredibly creative, which are the two key traits required in puzzle-solving. sokka solves problems through creative means; that’s what makes him so brilliant. but we see he enjoys harnessing that creativity elsewhere, too. it’s a shame that he never had time for art between the ages of 10-16 (”you can’t fight the fire nation with fun,” after all), because i do think with some practice he’d be genuinely great at art, and it’s clear he loves it.