MCAT and an opinion on art

I don't think I've posted a personal journal here for almost months. Lol. Hopefully you guys haven't all turned off my journal updates.

I'm in the last few days of cramming for the MCAT, which I am taking this Saturday. I've done approximately 2100 problems. And still 1900 left to go. hahaha. wish me luck!

Also, it seems that visual arts and biochem majors are rare to begin with, but VA and bioc majors who apply for med school are even harder to come by. What can i say, i'm just a natural weirdo.

On to the tirade!

I attended an artist's lecture yesterday, and during the Q and A session,  the artist was explaining how he doesn't feel "low brow" and "high brow" are necessarily different. He pushed the point that "it's all on the same level, they're achieving the same things," but then goes on to say, "of course, a britney spears song can't measure up to a good painting."

Now, you can't be on both sides of the snob line. Everyone knows "some things are just more equal" is bullshit, even if they don't always live by it.

Here's what really bothers me, though. Every Britney Spears song that comes out is appreciated by millions of people. Don't argue that, you know it's true. They may not go to a white walled gallery and pretend to critique it while sipping cheap wine on Saturday night, but they dance to it at their favorite club and they sing along with it in their car; it's part of their lives. Every Britney Spears song that comes out makes that connection with people. Lots of people.

And isn't that what artists try to do? Connect with people and tell a story through their art?

How can someone legitimately say that high brow and low brow are on the same level and then claim that a song with millions of listeners can't measure up to a masterful painting? It certainly shouldn't matter that the painting might be appreciated by crop of people who are more highly educated, especially since that same crop of people like to believe that art is an universal language.

When it comes down to it, I just want my art to connect with people. That doesn't necessarily mean I'm always painting for popular appeal, but creating something that is able to catch the attention of and perhaps make an emotional connection with the average person is an important accomplishment in and of itself.

What's the point of creating something that is impenetrable to 99% of the population?