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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Merlion" data-source="post: 3129708" data-attributes="member: 10397">This is basically what I am getting at. Some parts of a work of art *might* be considered objective, maybe, but many aspects of it simply cant be. You also bring up the issue of purpose, which is an important one as well. It might not be a bad idea to back up a bit and do a little discussing of the purpose of art. Because theres been a lot of talk about the quality of the craft, but generally a craft has a purpose, and its quality is largely measured according to wether it fulfils its purpose. What you say also reminds me of what I've been thinking about movies in particular. People will often say a movie wasnt very good, but certain actors performances were excellent, that kind of thing. The same can be applied to other mediums, and I have no problem with that...its the dismissing of an entire work as worthless that I have issues with.That, and the idea that any person, or any group of people have the right or ability to say "this piece of art has no worth or value." and then even more so that they have the right or ability to say that someone that *does* find value in it is some how deficient in one or more faculties.</blockquote>