A meaning? A motive? Or... just beauty alone?

A meaning?

A motive?

Or... just beauty alone?

What defines art?

The eye draws to something pleasing, something beautiful. They call it art. But what exactly drawn you in? How was it beautiful to you? Why did you call beautiful? Was it the colours? Or was the composition? Or was it because it represented something you love.

Like the way you think the colour blue beautiful? Why?

Simple answer: there’s no simple answer. Something that is beautiful to you can be ugly to another. It’s the way it calls out to you.

Maybe there no meaning behind it. Or maybe there is no motive behind it. Maybe it just stands for its beauty. But it’s only beautiful because you said so. It’s art because you think it’s beautiful.

The heart sings to meaning. To the deeper meanings and the story behind everything. It seeks something that would make it pound with happiness. Maybe not always happiness but sadness or even anger. A journey. So they call it art. Because they can break it down see a meaning. Because it hold meaning.

But can you see what other’s see? Can you see the meaning behind this art or do you just see it? You say it has meaning behind it so you call it art. But what is it that you see? What is it that your heart sings to?

What is that meaning that draws you in? That makes it art?

Simple answer: there’s no simple answer. Something that’s hold meaning to you can hold no meaning to another. Something drawn or made to show meaning and to show something can be called art because you saw the meaning.

Motive. Maybe someone made this art for a reason. To talk to the people. To instruct. To show. So they call it art.

But that’s the thing. Can you see the motive?

No? Yes?

No? Then is it not art anymore?

Yes? Then does that mean it’s art?

What about someone who thinks differently to you?

Simple answer: there’s no simple answer. Something that holds a motive because you can see it.

Then what about something that’s is ugly but holds meaning? What about something ugly that holds motive? What something beautiful that holds meaning? What about something beautiful that holds motive?

A meaning?

A motive?

Or... just beauty alone?

What defines art?

I think it’s art because you called it art. I think it’s called called art because it drawn a reaction from you. It made you stop. Maybe it can be all three of these things or not at all, it is what you give it. How you perceive it.

I think art boils down to the person— to you.