Why Is Art So Hard To Understand?

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Why Is Art So Hard To Understand?

Because we don't understand it. We're scared we won't be able to know "what it means" because we aren't smart or cultured enough. Because we put so much thought into the simple act of looking (or listening, or watching-- whichever verb is needed for all forms of art), we create this invisible wall between us and the art. We distance ourselves out of the simple fear of failure, and the quiet yet crowded art museums, galleries and exhibitions don't help ease ourselves.

These institutions only make us feel inferior in comparison to the intimidating colors and shapes within the frame, the lyrics that don’t make sense, the symbolism behind the pirouettes and leaps, or the words flowing from the poet’s mouth. Yet, there we find ourselves; nodding to the beat, clapping our hands, snapping our fingers, reading and nodding with agreement at the title of an art piece only because the person before us did the same. Aside from our own personal distance we previously created, now we struggle to pull ourselves together and make this failure disappear. We act as if we are truly enjoying what’s in front of us to seem like we’re just like everyone else, only to realize that the person before you and the person after you have no idea what they’re looking at either. Taking the characteristics just mentioned and all the countless others we come to a conclusion: we are disconnected to artistic emotion.

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