Between experiencing art and writing critically about it, there is disconnect. For me this process can be either reductive or it can attempt to become the sensory experience it's trying to understand. The reductive approach compresses complex concepts categorically into words like schema, didactic, and Neapolitan ice cream. If this is not done correctly, it can lead to an uninteresting, simplified understanding. Sort of like the lazy character of that last sentence.
In art that I enjoy I've always found something that escapes articulation. This mystery is what, for me, makes art interesting.When trying to articulate this part of an experience, I'm forced to use abstract language that feels as though it's reaching into the void itself. I'm starting to believe, in certain circumstances, this is what's most appropriate. Maybe abstract ideas cannot exist in any other language. And maybe-JUST MAYBE- this is how we begin to expand our schematized view of the world.
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