How does one decide if any art piece is actually an “art piece” or not until it is put out there for? How does a writer know whether his article, story, poem is actually good or not, and whether magical words have been delivered or not, whether words and sentences really generate beauty of expression or not? How does a painter decide whether he has painted beauty and reality with all the ingredients and combination which make lines, curves, all shapes and colors a “painting”? How does a musician really know whether it is an eternal melody, eternal composition or not?
Dr Naseer Naasir points out in his book “Falsfa’ay Husn”: “Beauty is objective-subjective reality”; claiming that beauty in its essence is objective but since its appreciation is subjective therefore its “subjective-objective reality”. This, itself, is a very beautiful description of beauty. I think same applies to all the art forms. Art is subjective-objective recreation of reality, of beauty. The subjective-objective nature of all art forms like beauty makes it tricky for any artist to judge whether the piece is actually ‘art’ and good or not. It’s a judgment call; judgment is required at all levels. Although the process of recreations and art cannot be described or defined as any engineering or manufacturing practice but still it seems like there is a certain method to it. The method is though very intuitive and imaginative. It involves perception of reality, choosing a medium for recreation and recreation of reality.
