" Art Is Quite Useless"- Oscar Wild
In his preface, Oscar Wild dare to say that art is quite useless. "What do you mean art is useless?" was the first thing that came in my mind, "but art has so much meaning: it elevates our awareness of things, questions everything, contextualizes and re-contextualizes ideas, sharpens our appreciation for beauty, thought, and skill, it can define cultures, and is able to capture the essence and spirit of the time in which it’s made".
It doesn't have only meaning but it is useful too. It is useful for our heart health. Art washes from soul the dust of everyday life. Constructing his argument that "all art is quite useless", Oscar Wilde suggests that when a piece of art beckons an array of criticism (it doesn’t matter if the criticism is good or bad), the work is established as "new, complex, and vital". He is not, however, denying it has meaning or value. In my opinion Art has always meaning. Everything that comes out of soul has a meaning so it has bigger value than other things. "Vital", which generally means essential, crucial, or fundamental, is a far cry from saying that something (in this particular case, art) is totally worthless. Art cannot be "used", it just "is". Maybe It's not like a furnace which is used to heat a house but it can heat a heart as well. Art is much more subjective and open to criticism than such things, and while it serves a multitude of purposes, it can never truly be worthy of being called "useful". It provides nothing absolute, or concrete, and so can never be accepted as an entirely credible source of knowledge but for me it is a wonderful food for my soul. Art has grown my soul and made me feel useful. There are people that feel useless, like they can't do nothing and then they discover their talent on art. One of them is me. I used to feel useless, good on nothing, but then I discovered my talent to paint. It changed me and my life. Art was a last desperate attempt for me to be able to exist in the world after trying very hard not
It doesn't have only meaning but it is useful too. It is useful for our heart health. Art washes from soul the dust of everyday life. Constructing his argument that "all art is quite useless", Oscar Wilde suggests that when a piece of art beckons an array of criticism (it doesn’t matter if the criticism is good or bad), the work is established as "new, complex, and vital". He is not, however, denying it has meaning or value. In my opinion Art has always meaning. Everything that comes out of soul has a meaning so it has bigger value than other things. "Vital", which generally means essential, crucial, or fundamental, is a far cry from saying that something (in this particular case, art) is totally worthless. Art cannot be "used", it just "is". Maybe It's not like a furnace which is used to heat a house but it can heat a heart as well. Art is much more subjective and open to criticism than such things, and while it serves a multitude of purposes, it can never truly be worthy of being called "useful". It provides nothing absolute, or concrete, and so can never be accepted as an entirely credible source of knowledge but for me it is a wonderful food for my soul. Art has grown my soul and made me feel useful. There are people that feel useless, like they can't do nothing and then they discover their talent on art. One of them is me. I used to feel useless, good on nothing, but then I discovered my talent to paint. It changed me and my life. Art was a last desperate attempt for me to be able to exist in the world after trying very hard not