(April 7, 2019 at 7:42 am)Jörmungandr Wrote: We engage in the appreciation of art because we desire pleasure and meaningful experiences. We seek to acquire tastes we do not have for the same reason. I had no taste for beer or tequila originally. I acquired both. And my benefit hardly needs pointing out. Acquiring tastes can provide us with pleasure and meaning in addition to that we wouldn't otherwise, but it also provides different pleasures and meaning, allowing us a greater range from which to choose. In short, acquiring tastes we do not have expands our world in ways which we normally would want our world expanded.
It doesn't necessarily that engaging in the appreciation of art equates to acquiring new artistic tastes.
Given the mind-numbingly vast array of art across different media from which to choose, it seems that the range is already sufficient.
Boru
‘I can’t be having with this.’ - Esmeralda Weatherwax
