In Response to Brandon's Question

The medium of art that has had the strongest emotional impact on me would be music. I think that music is able to convey stories and emotions much more easily than other art mediums such as paintings or sculptures. A wide variety of emotions can be conveyed through music. I think that the majority of people would agree that music is the most emotionally powerful medium of art because music can be easy to understand (although still very complex in its entirety) which helps people identify with it the most. It can easily be argued that people with a greater knowledge of art in its many forms may find that a different medium of art is more emotional for them personally, but for the average individual who has not studied art in depth, music is easy to pick up on and understand from an onlooker’s perspective. Individuals often comment on how they are able to identify with specific lyrics in some songs, but even music which is just an instrumental can still easily convey emotions through the instruments used (violins vs. trumpets) or through the tempo (fast vs. slow). The easy to understand nature of music has inspired many to participate in the creation of art because art via music is so powerful to some that it speaks to them to the point where they wish to express themselves in the same manner which was able to touch them so personally. What is the art medium that people least identify with or enjoy?