According to your own definition and criteria, which of the items below (if any) describes the primary purpose of art?
To delight and
entertain
To
disturb or unsettle
To provoke critical thought and inquiry
To provoke good feelings
To provoke strong feelings, both
good and bad
To
show what reality is
To show what reality should be
To reveal or uncover new
realities
To
invent new realities
To immerse one in the moment
To immerse one in
history
To make
money
To
inspire
To
provide catharsis
To teach
To diagnose
To nourish spiritually
To stimulate physically
To promote the status
quo
To alter
the status quo
To intensify one's awareness of essential
connectedness
To intensify one's awareness of essential isolation
To waste time and
money
To help
viewers escape the world
To help viewers confront the
world
To give
us people who call themselves artists and who get to wear any weird clothes
they want
To be
art