Emotion

To what extent does emotion clarify knowledge in the arts?


Art is almost completely shaped by emotion. Many types of music are intended to move us and stir our emotions. For example think of Adele's (amazing) hit song "Hello". For most people this song stirs intense feelings and leaves them feeling melodramatic and a little overemotional. Now look at songs like "Thriller" and "Billie Jean" by Michael Jackson. These songs fill people with the desire to dance, because they are such upbeat songs. The way we feel about the songs shapes the way we clarify knowledge for arts. In another instance, I was doing homework while listening to the TV, which happened to be on The Voice at the time. I was not really paying attention to the TV, but I was just keeping it for the sake of background noise. Well at the time, there were two singers who were singing a duet together and they sounded so amazing together that I just had goosebumps and I was amazed at the notes that they were hitting. I was legitimately moved by the music. The arts are meant to appeal to emotions and invoke specific feelings in people. Sometimes you may not even know why you feel a certain way when you hear a song, or see a picture, etc, because art influences emotion in such a unique way.