Jan 7

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Is There A “Correct” Interpretation of a Work of Art?

What if two people have two different responses to the same artwork?

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What does it mean? What is it showing us? What is it trying to say?

When someone sees a work of art, these are the natural questions that many people ask.

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Art writer, critic, novelist, artist. See my links at https://linktr.ee/cpjones

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