Personal Blog 16

So many people miss the fact that the part that makes art subjective is whether you liked it or not. I LOVE the game Sea of Thieves. But I am well aware of the fact that it is nowhere even close to being the best game ever. Because there are parts of it that objectively run or play poorly. Parts of art being objective are integral to interpretation being subjective. Oscar Wilde had a very good quote on this, he said, "There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written. That is all." What you take away from a piece of art is entirely up to you. It's up to your interpretation. But what it actually is cannot be up to interpretation. 

Hollow Knight is an OBJECTIVELY amazingly put together game with OBJECTIVELY well made visuals, music, and story at different levels. Do you enjoy Hollow Knight? That's up to you. A Minecraft Movie was an OBJECTIVELY bad movie with OBJECTIVELY bad line deliveries, CGI, lighting, and visuals at different levels. But did you enjoy it? That is up to you. I sure did. I loved every second of it because it was so bad. And that was the point. Little Nightmares is an OBJECTIVELY ugly game, and that is the point. If you don't enjoy playing a game that looks ugly, you probably won't enjoy Little Nightmares. 

If I am at my friend's house and I punch his window hoping that it will break, and it doesn't, then me and my friend have just discovered that this is a very well made window. I hate the window because I wanted it to break, and my friends is very thankful for the window because he paid for it with the express purpose of having a window that would not break. Neither of us can change the fact that this window was well made. I may call it a pain while he calls it a lifesaver, but we both know it's actually a window. 

I love Van Gogh's artwork. But it's objectively unrealistic and has rough brush strokes that require less skill than the most beautiful and detailed renaissance painting. But I don't care much for renaissance paintings. Why? I just liked Van Gogh's colors and the story behind his paintings more. Michelangelo was objectively more skilled than Van Gogh, but I still like Van Gogh's work more. If my little cousin made a drawing of me with complete lack of composition and skill and beauty, I would love it more than any Van Gogh painting. But still I know that Van Gogh's artwork was objectively more skillful, well composed, and beautiful (visually). Because that part is objective. How I feel about it is subjective.

It's been a while since I've posted,

- Basil