I respectfully disagree - and honestly get tired of folks expecting that. There are a lot of times I just thought it was neat looking or what I thought would be nifty there. And I'm sitting here doing surrealist and somewhat abstract stuff.
Besides, self-expression is never quite enough. If you watch people going through an art museum, you find little changes in the way they look at pictures. Folks will linger at different points - whatever brings up feelings in them, hits their beauty point, and so on. And it is really neat when you see that with your own art.
Being able to do that in other people is one of those things that differentiates good art from other art. It is kind of like being a good cook or chef.
Hmm, you've left me with a lot to think about. There's certainly value to "nifty" work, but I think that value can almost always be leveraged in self expression. Hey, even pointing out nifty things is self expression.
I respectfully disagree - and honestly get tired of folks expecting that. There are a lot of times I just thought it was neat looking or what I thought would be nifty there. And I'm sitting here doing surrealist and somewhat abstract stuff.
Besides, self-expression is never quite enough. If you watch people going through an art museum, you find little changes in the way they look at pictures. Folks will linger at different points - whatever brings up feelings in them, hits their beauty point, and so on. And it is really neat when you see that with your own art.
Being able to do that in other people is one of those things that differentiates good art from other art. It is kind of like being a good cook or chef.
Edit: Grammar.