Art is a dialogue, not a mirror.
Not every sound is art, and not every perception is understanding.
The singing of birds and the sounds of the city are not art, as they result from random coincidence.
Music is one form of transmitting information from one consciousness to another, encoded in the language of art.
Unlike random noise — which is not aimed at communication and can therefore be interpreted in any way: freely, subjectively, using randomness as an indifferent object for one’s own projected meanings — music is a two-way communicative process: creation and perception.
Responding to a comment on my post.
Part 1:
“What if the composer as a symbol is not actually real and has nothing to do with the music itself?”
Tatiana Gerasimenok: Art is a deliberate human expression intended to communicate through cultural, aesthetic, emotional, symbolic, and intellectual codes. The composer is not just a symbol, but a key to the encoded meaning. Without the composer’s name and its broader context, music can sound, but it cannot speak.
Part 2:
"Well... what happens if you take the individual out of the equation?"
Tatiana Gerasimenok: Excluding the author’s identity from the equation means confusing the act of intentional human expression with random sound processes that are merely byproducts of something else.
The skill of not turning everything around you into a screen for your own projections, not limiting the world by the boundaries of your own experience, setting aside your ego during moments of two-way communication, and distinguishing where your inner world ends and another’s begins is the foundation of developed intelligence and the path to free thinking, deep relationships, and a mature perception of art and the world around you.
Part 3:
"How about more questions and less certainties?"
Tatiana Gerasimenok: Doubts and questions stimulate development and the creative process, but without seeking answers, there will be no progress. If we only ask questions and avoid forming clear positions, we risk remaining in eternal search without creating anything tangible. In art, as in life, the balance between doubt and certainty is the key to genuine growth.