[fcbrooklyn]

I agree with everything you've said. However, many people I know who produce art, are not thinking in these terms, and resent being forced to do so, and they are forced to do so, by the commercial reality of the fine art industry. Furthermore, if someone is trying to find meaning in the word salad I produced in about 90 seconds, I wish them luck, because whatever meaning is there exists entirely in their own head. I suspect the same is true for a great many (not all) descriptions of modern art.

[deanCommie]

YOU created that word salad in 90 seconds.

What I'm asking of you is to be less cynical about what actual art and artists and be genuine in the search for meaning.

If you don't find it - no harm.

Also, the meaning in the author's own head is irrelevant. Death of the author. You can find your own. Maybe their guidance and perspective helps there, maybe not.

[fcbrooklyn]

"What I'm asking of you is to be less cynical about what actual art and artists and be genuine in the search for meaning."

There's a typo here, and I honestly am not sure what you're trying to say. I will say this: I am not a modern art hater. Far from it, I love modern art, and I go well out of my way to enjoy it. My complaint is entirely with the ham handed descriptions of pieces that require no descriptions at all.

[deanCommie]

Got it, thanks for clarifying!

You're right, I definitely accidentally a word there, may be several.

Ironically, I DO hate most modern art, and the treatise I wrote out is a description of my own journey, and what I frequently have to consciously remind myself to allow myself to experience and feel things that I don't have an immediate connection to.