an ignoramus talks about art

after paying the electric bill in SM, i went straight to the neighboring art exhibit. it showcased some "abstract" paintings that i just did not get at all. you know, those types of pauntings that you look at while wondering to yourself what on earth the painter was trying to say. if the painter IS trying to say something, well... sorry mate, it just ain't going through. ironically, the group of artists doing the exhibit posted their mission statement together with their paintings, stating that visual art should not necesarily resemble the visible world, but it should be used as a record for one's thought's and feelings and transmit those thoughts and feelings to others via their "work of art". if that is their definition of art, then why do they have to make it so hard for ordinary folks like me to understand what they're saying? if i may speculate on their creative process, it's as if they just take an empty canvass, splash some paint here and there, then choose a deep word from the dictionary, say... solitude, call the painting that, and present it for exhibition. then we ordinary folks look at the painting, read its title, and then scratch our heads asking, what's the connection?

or is it just me?