I agree with Armstrong when he says, “To regard beauty as a luxury adornment or a social signifier was to miss the true potential of the experience.” By this he means that if we just view art as something to show high social status, or to view it as a luxury, then we have missed the meaning. The meaning is to simply enjoy something that both satisfies both of our forms, the sense and the form. I do think it is true though, that society views art as a luxury only for rich people, or to be hung up in museums. I believe that art can take many forms such as music, graffiti, tattoos, and murals. I think that something is beautiful when I get the ‘chills’ from looking at it and can’t pull away. Armstrong puts it similarly, “When we recongnise beauty… we see things that we know we have neglected or betrayed, and we feel an astonishing combination of anguish and delight”. He’s talking about a similar feeling of the ‘chills’ I mentioned earlier. Armstrong is talking about how we can feel like the piece of art is a missing piece of the puzzle of ourselves our society.
The “chills” is a physical reaction. I’d be curious to look into the science behind what causes this. 3/3