> Without taking into account the consciousness of the artist, the word “art” loses all meaning, becoming merely a synonym for “beautiful.” (...) Without the in

> Without taking into account the consciousness of the artist, the word “art” loses all meaning, becoming merely a synonym for “beautiful.” (...) Without the intentionality of the artist taken into account, the definition of “art” is bled of all meaning <rant> Oh, so now you care about art having meaning? Ever since I understood why I didn't like most of what's labeled "modern art" I've been complaining about the art world not demanding artists to write down what their work means. "Why did you nail a banana to the wall?" "That's for you to figure out". "What does this all-blue canvas mean?" "Whatever you want it to mean". Getting the intentionality of an art piece out of an artist is quite often like pulling teeth. And I don't ask about grand statements - "I thought it looked pretty" would be just as acceptable as "it's a critique of classical art's over-reliance on technique over message". But even that is apparently too much to ask. DALL-E works have no intentionality and it shows. But how is that any worse from what we have now, where the artist just shrugs and walks away with no one calling them out? </rant>