What is art "for"?
Howdy. I've seen the debate on here over whether or not AI art is art for like the past half year, but I don't think I've seen people discuss what the purpose of art is/how art is used, and it seems a little like putting the cart before the horse, so to speak. I see a lot of people pre-supposing that art is primarily for self-expression, but that's not the only reason why art is made. In fact, that's a really recent development in the history of humanity, arguably. I would be happy to get into my beliefs on what art is "for", but I'm really just curious about what people understand the purpose of art to be, even if you believe it is fundamentally about something different than what I believe. I don't want to turn this discussion into an argument when I'm moreso interested in understanding people's viewpoints non-judgmentally, so what do y'all think is the (or a) purpose of art?