Explain to me, please, why in our literature and art so often people absolutely incompetent in this field have the final word.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Incomprehensible jargon is the hallmark of a profession.
It's the job of intellectuals and writers to cast doubt on perfection.
Writers are articulate. Artists find it more difficult.
That's the way it is with poetry: When it is incomprehensible it seems profound, and when you understand it, it is only ridiculous.
Unless the work of art has wholly exhausted its maker's attention, it fails. This is why works of great significance are demanding and why they are infinitely rewarding.
Education: the inculcation of the incomprehensible into the indifferent by the incompetent.
When the art world is done wrong, a reader's faith is lost and possibly not recuperable.
Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.
It's like a novelist writing far out things. If it makes a point and makes sense, then people like to read that. But if it's off in left field and goes over the edge, you lose it. The same with musical talent, I think.
The surest method of being incomprehensible or, moreover, to be misunderstood is to use words in their original sense; especially words from the ancient languages.