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"Abstraction", in the verb sense, is the process of taking a subject that isn't abstract and making it more abstract. But that isn't the only way to produce an
by bunderbunder 8y ago
"Abstraction", in the verb sense, is the process of taking a subject that isn't abstract and making it more abstract. But that isn't the only way to produce an abstract image.
For example, see abstract expressionism.
- beaconstudios 8y agotrue, but my point still holds for pure abstractions - drawing random lines is not creating a representation of an abstract concept. Unless you want to argue that any output you produce represents the abstraction of your brain's state (ie the random lines represent the firing of the neuronal pathways that are causing you to choose that specific arrangement of "random" lines), but that's pretty meta and outside what I think the common conception of abstract art is.
- bunderbunder 8y agoYour point seems to rest on holding to a different definition of "abstract" from the one I was originally using. Which is (unintentionally, I presume) a subtle form of putting words into my mouth and then arguing against those instead.
- beaconstudios 8y agoIt's not a form of putting words in your mouth, it's called misunderstanding, miscommunication or "talking past each other". I'm operating from my understanding of the word and you are operating from yours. It seems there is a difference between the two. I can't be putting words in your mouth if we're using the same word with different understandings of what it means.
- bunderbunder 8y agoRight, I had noticed the misunderstanding, which is why I initially responded by clarifying my terminology. "Abstract" is jargon in art, so it doesn't necessarily work exactly the same way there as it does in vernacular usage.
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