Rebound

Abstract art! This is expressing something

After reading Becca's post (awesome post by the way), I want to elaborate off the comment I made on it, because I think this brings up an interesting point.

Becca talked about art being used to record and used as a language in the past, that it wasn't as expressive as it is today. 

While that statement is false-to me- it also has a lot of truth. The more I think about it, the more it's evident that art is more expressive than it was way back when. I think there's numerous reasons for that, one being that humans as a race have learned more and understand more and feel the need to create more. 

I also think humans, while we have more knowledge at our fingertips than ever in the past, we want to know more, but knowing more in a sense of diving further into imaginative and kind of out there thoughts, or knowing more about the feelings in ourselves. 

And, another thought that I have: perhaps our art today seems so expressive because it's more advanced. Think about it, we're still using art as a language and to record, we're just making it prettier, more complex, but still using the most powerful language there is: visual telling. This is kind of bouncing back to my point about how art was always expressing because art is telling your thoughts visually--even depression art is language. Geez, I don't know where I'm going with this.

Anyway, I finished my comment on Becca's post with a question of whether or not the super-expressive art of today is healthy or not. I mean, I just finished an article on the history of Cartoon Network in which the chief content officer said that CN has officially shifted to hiring animators who are out to pursue their dreams and put cartoons out there that are expressing their ideas; "Today, we are all about supporting creative visions and fostering an environment that allows these young artists to pursue their dreams. It's about making the best creative work you can make..." is the specific quote. 

Not that I'm saying expressing yourself is a bad thing. I just...well, I think of Adventure Time and the Adventures of Gumball and all I can think is, "This is expression? This is art?" I'm judgmental  I know. But really, what language are shows like that speaking? 

All right, I'm done now, and I refuse to let myself read back over this rant because I won't post it if I do. Can't let myself think too much on this one. 

*Disclaimer:I haven't read Art and Fear yet, so if it touches on this subject, it might be possible that I'll revisit this and renounce what I said. But