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Originally Posted by susannahsays
I'm one of those people who doesn't know how to relate to art - apart from being interested from a historical perspective as I do enjoy history. It's not that I dislike art, it's just not really my thing. I am not a creative person in general and have a hard time understanding what it's like to be artistic in any way. I am sometimes jealous of people who can draw well, mostly because I have to depend on the artists on etsy to draw the likenesses of my dogs and cat.
If I were a therapist, I'm not sure how I'd react to my clients' art but it would probably be disappointing. That would especially be the case if the client was hoping I would be able to understand something about them based on their art. It seems like maybe that's what you were hoping for?
If so, I guess the best analogy I can think of is that art is a language and some people can't understand a word. That's not a commentary on the language, it just means it can't be used to communicate.
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I am the same way with poetry. I am an avid reader but not of poetry. I only like some poetry, most of it doesn’t resonate with me. I’ve met people who wrote poetry and felt compelled to show me or worse: read it to me aloud. I thought it was very bad or at the very least annoying but I had to politely nod. Perhaps it was actually great poetry but I just didn’t understand it. I remained polite, but that’s all I could do. I didn’t have much to say
I am an artist and have artistic training and I of course appreciate art. I don’t enjoy every single piece of art though (unless done by a young child)