I think that art is personal. You can tell me that some painting or song is brilliant, but if it doesn’t spark an emotion it is simply chemicals on canvas or strings of notes. Often I can see the technical proficiency, but either a thing clicks or it doesn’t. When it clicks, you feel the art.

Art fills a need for beauty, rebellion, humor, horror, anger, happiness… It also has that “aha” factor. It allows a connection to the artist and to other fans. I think that is why people seem to form instant bonds over shared music, movies, whatever. “Here, you love this, too? You feel this as well? Then we are not alone.”