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Pastimes : Let's Talk About Our Feelings!!! -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Neocon who wrote (80654)	6/2/2000 10:09:00 AM
From: Dayuhan	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 108807

I meant that the responses were entirely idiosyncratic, revealing much more about the viewer than the painting... It is a characteristic of great art that it can "mean" something different to every person, each meaning equally valid. True art is not only a window to the essence of the artist, but a mirror allowing viewers to see into themselves. "Revealing more about the viewer" is one of the highest purposes art can attain. I would say that of the worst things that could be done to people about to view a great work of art would be to tell them what the experts say the work is supposed to mean.