yeh and I find that particular form of expression to be crap

why is this not surprising

It does remind me of communism in its dreary lack of humanity and/or inspiration.

Good on you for not getting tricked into appreciating something.

I would when they're saying dumb **** that starts with "art must".

I try my best to appreciate things but if I don't like it then you trying to convince me it's good by making it seem smart won't work.

This is for you

http://pngimg.com/uploads/cookie/cookie_PNG13669.png

All I can say is that the position of the shapes creates a neato sorta 3D effect if you look at it for a few seconds and I like how the colors aren't totally solid and have texture but otherwise it's obtuse in the kind of way that seems smugly hostile to people without art degrees.

People with art degrees are sellouts.

Is there a real school of thought about that kind of abstract art that explains why it isn't in fact "smugly hostile" or is it actually kind of smugly hostile? Not talking about abstract art in general but just... that kind of abstract art.

I think you might just have low self esteem.

that cookie is mediocre at best. It's trying way to hard to be delicious.