I’ve written before about the Two Ways to Interpret Good Art and it’s about time this sequel gets published. Unfortunately, not all art is beautiful. In your life, your eyes will have to endure the sight of a sloppy painting. Your ears will have to endure the sound of a nonrhythmic song. Your nose will have to endure the smell of a foul aroma. Your taste buds will have to endure the taste of a bitter food. Your fingers will have to endure the feel of a rough sculpture. All forms of art will produce artists that produce poor pieces of art; this is inevitable. You have a choice to interpret them one of two ways.

• Inspiring - Ever see some horrible design and say to yourself, “I could do so much better?” There has been many times where I become motivated to become an actor, a painter, or anything because I feel like I could produce a better quality something than what I’ve seen before. Most people are motivated by beautiful things, but I think you can be motivated by either extreme. This may seem strange, but as long as you’re inspired, that’s all that matters.
• Discouraging - Sometimes bad art can just turn you off to a certain craft because it makes you forget what’s possible to create, as if you’re limited to the (poor) art you’ve seen. Remember that you have different talents than other people and it’s likely you might be able to create something better. Being discouraged is never good, so you should not interpret bad art this way.

How do you feel about bad art?