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Parent here. Art != Communication And art is not a form of communication ether. There is no shortage of literature on this topic but good place to start is A

Parent here. Art != Communication And art is not a form of communication ether. There is no shortage of literature on this topic but good place to start is Aristotle’s Poetics, essentially the first art theory ever written and it dives head first into the issue. In it, Aristotle laments on the corruption of communication at the hands of poetry.

Fnoord 8y ago
> Art != Communication I never asserted that. > And art is not a form of communication ether. That I did assert. Just because some books are written to argue something, doesn't make that truth. It took me 30 seconds to find 2 sources which support that art is a form of communication [1] [2]. So at the very least (if your sources argue your point, while your work is a response to another work) there does not seem to be consensus on that matter. Now if you could refer to your source that could be great. Because [3] didn't explain your viewpoint at all. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communication https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communication [2] https://www.quora.com/Is-art-a-form-of-communication https://www.quora.com/Is-art-a-form-of-communication [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poetics_(Aristotle) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poetics_(Aristotle)
- extralego 8y ago
  I think my central mistake here has been using the word communication in place of literary expression, which carries with it a magnitude of efficiency and specificity that art elements cannot achieve. I did this in trying to work with the contextual uses of the terminology and I think it waters down my point. Sorry for the confusion. The Wikipedia for Poetics does appear to lack an elaboration on Aristotle’s more critical positions on poetry. The exact nature of his criticisms are contested (but their existence is not) so maybe that is why. Check out thes Quora entries for some relevant discourse: https://www.quora.com/Why-did-Plato-hate-poetry https://www.quora.com/Why-did-Plato-hate-poetry

Fnoord 8y ago

> Art != Communication I never asserted that. > And art is not a form of communication ether. That I did assert. Just because some books are written to argue something, doesn't make that truth. It took me 30 seconds to find 2 sources which support that art is a form of communication [1] [2]. So at the very least (if your sources argue your point, while your work is a response to another work) there does not seem to be consensus on that matter. Now if you could refer to your source that could be great. Because [3] didn't explain your viewpoint at all. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communication https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communication [2] https://www.quora.com/Is-art-a-form-of-communication https://www.quora.com/Is-art-a-form-of-communication [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poetics_(Aristotle) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poetics_(Aristotle)

extralego 8y ago
I think my central mistake here has been using the word communication in place of literary expression, which carries with it a magnitude of efficiency and specificity that art elements cannot achieve. I did this in trying to work with the contextual uses of the terminology and I think it waters down my point. Sorry for the confusion. The Wikipedia for Poetics does appear to lack an elaboration on Aristotle’s more critical positions on poetry. The exact nature of his criticisms are contested (but their existence is not) so maybe that is why. Check out thes Quora entries for some relevant discourse: https://www.quora.com/Why-did-Plato-hate-poetry https://www.quora.com/Why-did-Plato-hate-poetry