DSK wrote:

Oh. I thought you meant 'people who "know" a lot about art but can't
paint a lick themselves'

No, I meant anyone - people from 'the general populace'. While some art can
be 'correctly interpreted' (because it employs an established symbolic
language), most attempts to do so are more an indication of what's in the
interpreter's mind than about the art itself. The only person who really
knows about a given piece of art is the person that created it, the rest are
just guessing.


That's not appreciation of art, that's appreciation of skill. A
musician doing a good job of playing a crap tune doesn't turn it
into a good tune.

True, but a great musician can play a tune you've never liked before,
and show you that it has an appeal you didn't notice before.

I find that, if a tune has merit (ie, is to my taste), then that will be
apparent regardless of how well it's played.


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Wally
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