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Art

SallySeahorse

Ok, there's a decent chance this one's just me, but I'm curious.

I don't get art. I understand making it as an outlet, and I can appreciate beauty. However when I look at a painting/sculpture etc, I don't 'feel' anything. Either it looks pretty or it doesn't, it's done with skill or it's not. This seems to span all genres/movements.

As this is a sort of perception thing, and to do with connecting emotionally, I wondered whether it may be ASD related. Does anyone else feel the same? Negative responses welcome as this is just a point of interest, I'm not looking for reassurance.

  • in reply to DuckBread

    Yes, music and poetry I do respond to and consider a separate thing to visual art, although I suppose in terms of connecting to the emotions of others through their work it is equivalent. I can admire art, in as much as 'the colours are nice and it has good depth', I'll walk around the gallery with my friend though and he is seeing frustration, passion, hope... There was an exhibition with natural wood sculptures and I found joy in imagining these abstract shapes as birds and sea monsters, while he seemed to be actually connecting with them. My parents never bothered with art though so might just be something I've never learned.

  • I thought like that until by accident, i saw a Jackson Pollock painting in Chicago. My mind just connected immediately i could stand looking at one for hours. It has to be a real painting images online are not the same. I also have a favorite sculpture. So i recommend you go to real art museums and look at as much as possible, modern, old, cubism, surreal, sculpture, photography, video, ethnic.  It actually takes a while before something will go ping! I was looking at art and pictures of sculpture for years deciding who my favorite was, then when i went to an actual Art museum i was more attuned. By the way only Jackson Pollack gets me emotionally and some of Brancusi 's sculptures thats it so far.

  • It depends really... it's rare that art makes me 'feel' anything, although I often find it very interesting to look at and admire the work that's gone into it. If we're talking emotions, I'm more likely to have a response to photography than paintings or sculptures. Music and poetry, on the other hand, can make me feel all kinds of emotions.