So like…idk I’m not sure how to explain this.
I can enjoy art, and I can appreciate and respect art. But like…I don’t know how to enjoy things “abstractly” per se?
What i mean is that I like reading and movies and paintings and such. But I can’t enjoy “classics” per se. Nor can I enjoy Avant-garde art. But I can respect both. I want to enjoy both too. I’ve tried reading both Le Miserables and dream of the red chamber but both times ive put them down fairly quickly (although the dream of the red chamber book I was reading was a fairly old translation, so maybe that was it). Ive also tried reading some poems out of Vladimir Mayakovsky’s “the backbone flute” but they havent ellicted and reaction from me. And I really, really respect avant-garde work. I would rather someone like Yoko Ono be successful over Blake Shelton, because Blake Shelton makes the most generic crap, while Yoko Ono actually tries to make things different and interesting.
But I kinda would rather listen to Blake Shelton (obviously if I have broader choice I’m picking someone like Woody Gunthrie or Phil Ochs, but if it was between Shelton and Ono, it’d be a tough choice).
So I guess my main question is how do people enjoy art in the “abstract” way (again, I know that’s not a good term but idk what else to call it)? Because I see critics and such wax lyrically about this stuff and they seem to really enjoy it so I wanna enjoy art like that too, beyond “oh it’s pretty” or “oh its fun.”
This might be a sign of depression
Liking Blake Shelton?
I don’t like Blake Shelton. Sorry, I worded that poorly
How about this. If some of Yoko Ono’s/John Lennon’s more…abstract work came on while I was eating dinner somewhere, I wouldn’t enjoy it. However I still respect it greatly because they’re trying. Maybe they’re failing, idk, but I still really do respect art such as that or, say, house of leaves more than I do Blake Shelton’s work or the divergent series. In contrast, I would probably not be bothered by Blake shelton’s music coming on at a resteraunt/bar, even if I have 0 respect for him because it’s still just decent music. I just have no respect because I think he (and other artists like him, ie Pitbull) doesn’t actively try to do something new or express themselves in some unique way. More just catching onto a hot trend and talking about the lowest common denominator of guns besr God trucks waman etc.