wrong orifice

Vision takes up half the brain and auditory just a corner. Words go in through the ear, and even when we read with our eyes the information processes through language decoders in our ears – we “listen” to the written word. Much called art, these days, goes in that way too, and it’s the wrong orifice.

proof

I’ve read where art students were right most of the time when trying to decide if the art in front of them was made by a professional artist or by a farm animal/small child. This “research” was cited as irrefutable proof that abstract art is – what? Are we really having this conversation? Is this serious or is it a joke, and could it be either, since we’re only talking about art? What this research actually reveals is something about the expectations of the researchers and the respect they feel for making art.