Feel free to dismiss this as pedantic rambling.
Poem the Second has got me thinking about the following: Multiple Points of View within a piece of art.
1st person, 2nd person narrative, various characters within plus the artist's personal view, these all are potential POVs.
To be thorough, the viewer must account for all POVs. The more abstract or minimalist, the greater the possibility for the viewer's imagination to create POVs that were not considered by the artist (I suppose).
Is the artist using the work to argue a position? Ultimately how removed can the personal views of the artist be for any given work? Can the viewer actually know the intention of the artist in regard to the desire to express their (the artist's) personal view? To embrace a work the viewer must be willing to accept at least one of multiple POVs (I suppose). It's a commitment, because the viewer then invests in objective/subjective train of thought and comes away with some emotional response.
When experiencing art, it's a noble struggle to hit our internal 'reset button'. To re-evaluate, re-experience from a different POV. Don't let it keep hanging on the wall because it's a consistent 'home' for your psyche. Follow up on some ambiguity or alternate POV and re-experience it. Try to draw out of others what their experience is, add that to the list of the many ways you can see it.
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