Feb 18 2009
Art: What Does it Mean?
Grass and flagstone in the spitting rain.
Assuming for the moment the the photo above could be considered art, what would the “meaning” of the image consist of? Small spikes of action potential in the brain: emotional, cognitive . . . ? And if it had no meaning — even if meaningfulness is the mere pull on our feelings for reasons unknown to our intellect — could we still call it art?
