1. We can all agree that art is abstract. With this in mind, we are forced to recognize that what we see won’t be the same art that everyone else sees. We all have different experiences and will come to different conclusions. However, there is no way to “see” the truth of art. Truth is a concrete, indisputable fact set in reality. You cannot argue that 2 + 2 = 4. It’s impossible. But art is open to interpretation. It’s liberated from the confines of the labels of “true” and “false” because it can be whatever the viewer wants it to be, even if the artist spells out “the truth” within it. Art is free. Because of this, it is possible for art to conjure an emotion from the viewer. While we will never get the truth of the art unless we ask the artist, we may be able to pick up on how s/he was feeling at the time while viewing said art (hearing a sharp strike to a piano, seeing the fluid lines of a painting, watching the quick movement of a dancer). The viewer may also feel something that the artist might not have intended for them to feel at all. But feeling doesn’t depend on anyone but the feeler.The feelings that arise while we view art help add to it’s mystery and can make it an experience.
