While reading the assignment on "Interpreting Art," I was struck by a quote interpreting the photography of William Wegman, a contemporary artist, who is best known for his photographs of his dogs. Art critic D. A. Robbins states that in Wegman's work, "Questions are posed, but answers are not given." This specific statement is meant to explain how the series of photos in Wegman's diptychs do not seem to logically follow one another. However, to me, Robbins' quote seems to apply to a larger theme in interpreting art, than just this one example of photography.

If there was any way to generalize the way I feel about interpreting art, that would be it. In every good piece of art that I have seen, questions really are posed, but answers are not given. That's what keeps me looking at it; I want to know its secret. It is as if the artist is a magician that just played a very good trick on me, and I have to figure out how they did it. Whether it is a certain texture in a sculpture, a flash of light in a photo, or a well placed swatch of color in a painting a good piece of art allows for questions to arise in the mind, without a straightforward resolution about it. That intrigue is what keeps us hooked, wondering what the artist was trying to do with a piece, what its message is etc. I have many questions.