I'm not implying that we shouldn't appreciate anything we don't understand - although I do love the occasional book burning ;), I'm stating we can't appreciate something we don't understand. In order to appreciate any form of art, you have to 'get it' or take away something from it. For example, if someone were to read "The Metamorphosis" by Franz Kafka and they didn't get the symbolism or the connection to Frank's own life or the characters' relation to one another, etc, etc. - and all this person could say at the end of reading this story was "it's a story about a giant bug". Could that person truly and honestly say "but I appreciated it"? I would ask that person what they appreciated about it and if they said "I don't know but I appreciated it", then I would have to question whether or not they really do appreciate it. In your original blog, you stated "We should acceept artistic works we don't undersatnd, and apprechiate them especialy for that very reason", what I'm saying is you have to get something out of art or understand at least something about it in order to appreciate it.
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