Do you see two gears in a machine that has three?
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“If some perception is wanting, it is necessary for some understanding to be wanting too.”—Aristotle
Thus, if you don’t see what a work of art is doing, then you don’t understand it; and if you don’t understand it, you might dislike it. (You might also like it because you misunderstand it!)
It requires perception, and perhaps humility and wisdom, to admit not understanding something, and therefore reserving judgment.
Imagine a machine that has three components—a lever, pulley, and gear—all connected. A person sees only two of these components and, using logic, concludes “this machine does X.”
But how can you ever know that you know all the necessary premises?
How can you know that your logical conclusion is true, if you don’t know you know all the necessary premises?
* Orlando Bartro is the author of Toward Two Words, a comical & surreal novel about a man who loves yet another woman he never knew. Find your copy at Amazon. Hardcover, paperback, and e-book editions available.
https://www.amazon.com/Toward-Two-Words-Orlando-Bartro-ebook/dp/B072MNB4F9