tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5689872192057857266.post6970352534553420999..comments2023-10-31T05:04:28.715-04:00Comments on Ragamuffin Ramblings: The Power of Music... do standards actually exist?Andrew Groveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17974274010806412900noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5689872192057857266.post-28935788954603503242007-07-22T00:59:00.000-04:002007-07-22T00:59:00.000-04:00And only you would be the one to pick up on the mi...And only you would be the one to pick up on the misspelling of words. Typical child of an English teacher.Julihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12649864564910328784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5689872192057857266.post-49510380537732114542007-07-04T19:58:00.000-04:002007-07-04T19:58:00.000-04:00Thanks for the insight, Jonathan... although you m...Thanks for the insight, Jonathan... although you mispelled the word ACCURATELY near the end.Andrew Groveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17974274010806412900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5689872192057857266.post-3171480095318827652007-07-03T01:24:00.000-04:002007-07-03T01:24:00.000-04:00Nice post Andrew- you're right to ask this questio...Nice post Andrew- you're right to ask this question, and I think that while it's nice and fuzzy to say that art is subjective, objective standards do and must apply somewhere. Certainly Ben Folds, an artist I enjoy and one that is very talented, still doesn't compare to Handel's Messiah. I loved Live Free or Die Hard but it's no Citizen Kane! Poop smeared on a canvas does not equal the painting on the ceiling of the Sistene Chapel. Is there room for interpretation? Certainly, and some people don't like the things listed above. However, how art makes us feel is only one component of what makes it "good." It's important to remember that just because defining what "good art" is means a difficult process that excludes or hurts the feelings of some doesn't mean it can't or shouldn't be done. Bottom line, some art is wonderful and beautiful, and some of it is just bad, and the sooner we stop worrying about offending people's tastes, the sooner we will begin to recover the true value of good art. Not every viewpoint is valid. It's worth considering as well that the focus of art has a great deal to do with it's value; art that focuses on truth and the great works of God, on his holiness and omnipotence and portrays that beautifully and accuratelly, this is the art that we should be filling our hearts and minds with.JonathanGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11511108649588424789noreply@blogger.com