Wrizzit

While “great art” makes deep reading easier and rewards the attention of the reader, if one digs deeply enough, every surface area has potential meaning

This is why I'm hesitant to say something isn't good. There are certainly cases where that applies, but I feel like it has to be obvious crap. Otherwise, maybe it's just not for me. Maybe I'm not seeing what would make it wonderful for someone else.

francis22d

Exactly! The magic of being misunderstood. But each line is a plea to an individual not yet seen, an invocation for a magic not yet written. So I just assume I don’t get it before I think it’s bad

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Depends on the depth of the contemplating entity. "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder" and all.

francis22d

But if we accept subjectivism, the only one who ever matters is the beholder. To some extent, I feel we disregard the depth of the beholder in favor of the art

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Noh22d

This is such a fire sign thing to say 😂

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francis22d

How’d you know 😂

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This question is setting off a ton of tangential thoughts. Maybe. Probably. Maybe not. In some cases (but you did use the word 'every'; doesn't work very well to say 'sometimes every piece of art...'). Nevertheless, I may brazenly use this concept for inspiration.

francis22d

Yea admittedly “every” was a little heavy handed. Just trying a new lens for appreciating art, where my misunderstanding is a feature and not a bug. And I love that you could use it for inspiration, I hope it helps!

Tim in the Boonies21d

Well there's so many different perspectives to the concept.