What questions should we be asking (about art) instead? Curious, as opposed to opposing.
In two weeks, I will be seeing three Shakespeare plays over two days. I want to be totally immersed in the play. I want it to take me unquestioningly into the stage world, and ideally for me also Shakespeare's world and also the shared experience with my fellow play-goers. What I do not want to do is suddenly be asking, "What the fuck?" What's the director thinking? Why did they do that? Isn't there a better way to deliver those lines? If I start asking questions during the play - that's a bad thing. I would like to ask some questions after the play: How many layers of meaning are in those beautiful lines? What happened there that made me cry - how did they do it? Why is the villain the most charismatic character in this play... and questions like that. What I am describing above is transferable to other art experiences like film, but perhaps not visual art.