Against Interpretation
The text critiques the overemphasis on interpreting art's content, advocating for an appreciation of form and sensory experience, and suggesting a shift from content-driven analysis to a focus on art's immediate impact.
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In a culture whose already classical dilemma is the hypertrophy of the intellect at the expense of energy and sensual capability, interpretation is the revenge of the intellect upon art.
Similarly, people who spend much time with art come to appreciate increasingly the affective, historical, and cultural aspects of the work they are viewing, occasionally more than they enjoy its purely visual aspects. As one professional involved in the arts expressed it: “[Works of] art that I personally respond to…have behind them a lot of concep
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