I had an art teacher that told us about his days in art school: how he painted a realistic landscape, but the teacher took one look at it, picked up a paint brush, painted a line through it and then said it was done. thus my teacher's dislike for abstract art :D
But this teacher, my teacher, taught us art skills, but left the interpretation of what it meant to be expressive up to us.
I wonder if you talk to the artists of old - Michaelangelo, Picasso, etc - if they'd tell you they painted to make a bold statement, or painted what their heart demanded, the statement part more or less an accident ;)
Finally, it makes me think of the Oscars, and how most Oscar winning movies people haven't even heard of, or didn't care to spend money to see. Yet those seem to be the majority movies that win (I think Lord of the rings only won anything because people made a fuss). But ask most people about Iron Man, Batman, Spider Man, Star Trek and Star Wars and everyone is happily talking for hours.
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But this teacher, my teacher, taught us art skills, but left the interpretation of what it meant to be expressive up to us.
I wonder if you talk to the artists of old - Michaelangelo, Picasso, etc - if they'd tell you they painted to make a bold statement, or painted what their heart demanded, the statement part more or less an accident ;)
Finally, it makes me think of the Oscars, and how most Oscar winning movies people haven't even heard of, or didn't care to spend money to see. Yet those seem to be the majority movies that win (I think Lord of the rings only won anything because people made a fuss). But ask most people about Iron Man, Batman, Spider Man, Star Trek and Star Wars and everyone is happily talking for hours.