How do these images make you feel?

The meaning of the art is whatever it means to you.

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val70 · 51-55

Overall, artistic means that objects contain qualities that are aesthetically pleasing. They remind us of art. However, that does not mean they actually qualify as art. Art is a reflection of our society and our world, and it helps us to understand ourselves and each other better. In his essay “What is Art?” Leo Tolstoy defines art as a way to communicate emotion with the ultimate goal of uniting humanity

Eoghan · 31-35, M

@val70 I've though a lot about this, and I'm torn on it. As it was created by AI, there might not be any emotion that went into creating it, but the images can certainly invoke certain emotions within the viewer. If you can walk away from it a different person, even if just a little different, I consider it art.

val70 · 51-55

@Eoghan Like Tolstoy would argue today, the emotion needs to be felt first too before it's been communicated. As long as AI doesn't reach that part of humanity, well, there's nothing really of art to hand down to us. I view it very optimistically like that, but never naive. The life and work of Tolstoy is a good enough measuring rod to my liking