i don't really understand philosophy so please forgive me. I did, however, find this dicussion interesting. The way I see it people create art because we're like uh... peacocks without feathers. So we make feathers. Not to attract a mate but just viewers in general (now there are those who make art for "release" or whatever I'm not one of those. I don't make art for me so...). We, artists are educated on what people are receptive to. We put blue here to make you think this, this line here for this. We paint and take photographs to make the veiwer WANT to look. That is part of the art. So it is very much the cognitive one there.

It's emotional too. We are very emotional creatures and one ties into the other. Did you know that green is the most relaxing color? A person may not know that but may paint their office that color for that reason. It is also emotional for the person making the art and hopefully that will establish a connection to the veiwer.

And why does one prefer (?) over (?) that, you ask? You know two music artists may produce angry music but people still form a preference. I'm sure as a philosopher you'll ask the nature of the preference. I don't believe we are born with it, I believe it is our culture. i.e. My peers had a preference to Metallica but because of you prior musical ventures you had a preference to Megadeth. And how did that come about – geography.