This is a necessary part of human evolution and perception/interpretation of our world and human experience.
I might be a bit critical but art is ambiguous for the sake of being so, I feel that it is a forced aspect of "modern" art bordering on being fake. Many people are convoluted and will have the "sense" or explanation before the creation, thereby having removed the true ambiguity which I feel stems from a mixture of meaning, limited expression and emotion.
Truly ambiguous things really frustrate me and I have frustrated myself before with even my own things as I am still not able to say what they mean given the outside input of what others think they mean it tends to be a case of I did not think of that which is good merging my inner with the outer and giving me "control" thereby validating something. When I do however read or see other abstracts then I still tend to look for the concrete and hit a wall.
A good example would be https://steemit.com/myopia/@mineopoly/myopia-of-the-masses-a6076f7d7dd35 this poem and I felt quite frustrated that I could not clearly see the meaning or idea being conveyed. I still liked it but yeah shit pisses me off since if it is ambigius your interpretation should be correct right, but what if you can't interpret it so I feel kinda bad for the AI since I also do not think there is a requirement to model them after humans and instead focus on what they will become in their own right.
I get the art now a bit better and it is a playful example of ambiguity I stick to my original impression of is the chicken crossing the road and got crushed or taking a poop with the black line tracing its path :)
My oh my, Pen! Your whole comment is ambiguous to me and I will have to re-read it several times to come to a concrete meaning ;) So far my brain interpreted, "Ambiguity pisses me off!" hehe
Perhaps we are, at the heart, puzzle solvers. Puzzles produce a challenge to solve and life would be boring without puzzles to solve! The fact that you get frustrated tells me that solving the meaning, means something to you otherwise you wouldn't bother feeling frustrated about it.
I will not even begin to do a deep interpretation of abstract/minimalist art. LOL The only thing I can gather from it is whether or not the patterns and colors make me feel good or bad. Some though does border on insanity temper tantrums.
Yes, poetry is very much filled with ambiguity. And that poem you shared...hmmm I would interpret it to mean he feels you have to have a story to get curated by the magical curation fairies but he prefers putting out abstract thought with no punchline and doesn't appear to like the boards or those that exploit them. How does it correlate with the second poem? I'm not sure either. hmmm
The cover photo to the last photo with the bird is my play on the ambiguity of Joan Miro's ambiguous art series he did on a single black line against a white canvas (the one mentioned in the story with my child's interpretation of the artist running out of paint). I simply wanted to 'add a little color' and meaning to it...while being ambiguous in the process. Ambiguous humor ;)
Miro's black line series: https://www.tate.org.uk/context-comment/blogs/miros-minimal-series-painting-on-white-background
I like the explanation for his poem that makes a lot of sense. Yip when it comes to art, music etc I am of the mind "Is it nice?" and I do not give it much more thought other than that.
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BTW I don't think I would spend my time so deeply absorbed in topics like this if it weren't for the ambiguous nature of life and trying to understand its deeper meaning.
True, so long as it throws a bone with some meat on so a person can get stuck in a bit first instead of it just being a complete battle.