Originally Posted by
Knight Gil
I study art. Theatre, music, film, visual art, you name it. Obviously, I like art. But I used to not see the point in it. I just didn't know what was so special about, say, a painting or performance art, or even weird surrealist art movies. It seemed like there were many more interesting things to do, and the whole thing just seemed useless to me.
Let's say that since I started studying all of it, out of love for music, I opened my mind a lot more and I can honestly appreciate things I didn't use to.
The thing is, people don't like art because they don't understand it. The average person will bash modern art and love, say, Mona Lisa, because the former didn't look like it needed "skill" to do, and the latter does. They don't understand the train of thought behind modern art, and other forms of art of difficult comprehension, and that is what makes art so interesting, not merely technical skill.
But it's not really their fault. At least where I live, the educational system neglects art teaching. It's all about science, maths and etc, because those are seen as "useful" things, and they just can't see how much value art has, unless it is sold for thousands of dollars or is eye candy. But art is not about that. The true beauty of art is how it can open your mind, how it makes you think, the messages it brings within itself
This is not true. Some art is made to be unpleasant. To shock. The whole point of it is to make you think about certain things. Whether you like that piece of art or not, you'll discuss it with someone with a different opinion from yours. That makes it a very successful piece of art.
But even the art that is made for pleasure, why would it be pointless? What is the point of living if you can't have pleasure in it?