1. When viewing a work of art, or listening to one, can we see
the truth? Can we feel it?
Art may or may not represent truth. Even if it does represent ‘truth’, it represents the maker’s truth. For so many things in our lives, there is no one definitive truth. Math and science represent facts and truth; however, some scientific theories might end up not being true at all, after it is disproved or replaced by another one.
Sometimes an artist’s ‘truth’ may resonate with us as we listen or look at it, then we might be able to feel it. Art can also distort or exaggerate the truth. Just like a caricature may be showing face characteristic the person has, but they are dramatized and even though the overall you will recognize the person in the caricature, he or she will not actually look like that. So whenever we look at any art, we also get the truth but through the eyes of the artist. Several artists may look at the same artist, but each one will also paint it a different way. They might each stress different features of colors of the sunset. Then there is also the interpretation of a work. So the “truth” intended in the art will get distorted several times in the process of creation and interpretation.
