Art

[supergee]

One of the dubious ideas I got from Stranger in a Strange Land is that visual art must tell a story. As I evolved to a more YKIOK view of all the arts, I took out the part about “must” but conceded that my kink resembled Jubal Harshaw’s. So I like Rockwell and Hopper. But the stories don’t have to be straightforward, so I also like Dali and Magritte.

Comments

[supergee]

That’s why “story” is my personal preference, rather than a rule I have any desire to impose

[calimac]

It wasn't your rule that I found difficult, but Heinlein's/Harshaw's. (I don't remember this from the book, which I haven't read in at least 50 years.) "Inspires a story," as you wrote below, would make more sense.