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See also: the number of weddings that feature The Police’s “Every Breath You Take” as a romantic first dance song

And for me it is mostly the art itself that leads me to think and/or feel

Hmmm. This might explain why there are a bunch of weirdo right-wingers who completely missed the point of Star Trek. Probably only enjoyed TOS Kirk's cowboy ways.

I disagree. I got a huge kick out of Finnegan's Wake. It's a laugh riot.

It reminds me of how many people took the wrong message from Dune.

I know this one! "The world is a comedy to those that think, a tragedy to those that feel." - Horace Walpole, 1769

I heard this years ago from a songwriter: ------ - What a song says - What the artist means - What the audience think the song means There is often a large gap between each of these things. ------ I think there's a lot of truth in that for all art.

Right. It's not simple. Just for starters: 1) Enjoy without understanding, 2) understand without enjoying, 3) enjoy more understanding more, 4) enjoy less understanding more, 5) understand differently from how somebody else understands regardless of how much you enjoy it.

I love art that makes me feel, but I wish we (the collective we) would have more curiosity about those feelings. I don’t know if it’s media literacy, or something else entirely, but sometimes the curtains are blue for a reason.

All art appreciation leads to interpretation. Once it leaves them, the artist no longer 'owns' it.

or Born in the USA (this also assumes that it isn't intentionally being misused).

The age you encounter something also affects how you view it. No matter how deeply I wanted to understand Dune when I first read it, a lot of it went over my head, because I was nine or ten. If I'd never reread it, I'd have a different view of it than I do today.

I feel music, but am unlikely to hear the lyrics. 🤷‍♀️

It explains most Steely Dan..

That's a very reasonable way to look at it. I know that as a creator I sometimes make something because it satisfies one of those two things, and I've learned to switch mindsets when doing a revision so that both itches can be scratched,

Please don't block me but honestly I can't think about it just one way. It's really hard to wrap my head around either/or Art Appreciation LOL; I am Autistic; I have an info. processing system that tends to slice it in half and then bounce back between the extremes. I do hear the message, however.🎭

Have you seen how little people pay attention to anything these fine days? There’s good reason road signs have 1) text 2) color 3) shape. Still not good enough. Points if you can explain a Bosch or Dali.

Since I started writing creatively a few years ago I've noticed a change in how I read as well. I've found myself slowing down my reading, making it much more intentional. Reflecting on it, I used to be a read to feel person. I still am, but I am more and more a read to think person now.

One of the best moments of a Springsteen concert I went to was when he played "41 Shots," and all the drunk Christie-like ass bros scowled and grunted at having to hear who The Boss really was. None of them were at the shows on his recent tour.

Jimmy Buffett's Margaritaville comes to my mind immediately. Fans have obviously adores the boozy, party vibe for decades, but the lyrics are pretty dark.

I also think that this goes into how you process different types of media. When I listen to music I don’t really absorb the lyrics at all. There are too many elements happening at one time and I am very musically inclined so I parse other elements way later.

The one that still really gets me is Rage Against the Machine 😂

I immediately thought of Elon Musk and Ian M. Banks' SciFi novels.