Art

• People’s Definitions

  • Destructive Creativity by Akitok
  • What is Art? by Tkgshn

• My Definition

  • There are two types of art: entertainment-based art and context-based art.
    • The definition of entertainment-based art is something that influences the emotions of the viewer.
    • The definition of context-based art is something that influences the thoughts of the viewer.
  • Something like that?
  • It varies depending on the recipient.

• Commonly said about contemporary art: “I can do that too.”

  • Response 1: Well, it’s actually difficult = mainly referring to the definition of entertainment-based art.
  • Response 2: But you didn’t do it = mainly referring to the definition of context-based art.

• This can also be said about software development.

  • “I can do that too.”
    • Response 1: Well, it’s actually difficult = doing technically advanced things (or maybe even business-related things).
    • Response 2: But you didn’t do it = the so-called Columbus’s egg phenomenon.
  • Art and software development can be compared.

• Another possible definition

  • Definition of art = “something that changes randomly”
  • Science and civilization progress solely through incremental accumulation towards a single direction of “truth.”
  • Art sometimes returns to the past (Renaissance) or undergoes revolutions (contemporary art)
    • Messy? Has a sense of randomness, no fixed direction of progress.
  • Macro perspective: The development of humanity is impossible with just incremental science; art with randomness is also necessary.
    • Being solely incremental leads to getting stuck in a local optimum, randomness provides clues to break free from it.
    • Something like that?
  • Micro perspective: When stuck with ideas, looking at art brings external stimuli and is beneficial.
  • The idea of wanting to do something new is old
    • Talking about something similar.

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