I have often wondered about art, about its real value. Is it objective, or is it subjective? What I mean is: has art, in any of its forms (music, poetry, painting, sculpture etc..) the same meaning for everybody? Should it have it? Or is its value independent from people's judgment? And if it is so, is this value really meaningful? What for? If art is supposed to arouse feelings of admiration, of awe, of appreciation, sometimes even of identification, what if the effect it has on some is totally different, maybe even the opposite of the effect it has on others? If, for example, I look at a world-famous painting, let's say Picasso's "Guernica", and not only doesn't it arouse in me that special feeling intended by its author, but I actually dislike it, would you say that it's me who doesn't understand the intrinsic artistic worth of the painting, which really is a masterpiece, independently from my opinion? And whose opinion is superior to mine, anyway? The "critics"? I don't think so!!! Whose, then? In conclusion, is art a universal or a personal matter?
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