“I don’t know why people expect art to make sense. They accept the fact that life doesn’t make sense.” ~ David Lynch

I do agree that people have higher expectations of art than they do day to day life, but I don’t see any any acceptance whatsoever. There is surrender at best, but it’s characterized by anxiety and depression.

Technology and science haven’t lent any sense.

God hasn’t made any sense.

Rules and government haven’t added anything but rules and government.

I think people turn to art to makes sense. They want a fantasy world that with all the answers they’re not getting. They want a world where they can bring their gods to life and create reason. They want a world with all the answers laid out. They rebel when art doesn’t provide this. The sequel to 2001: A Space Odyssey is a good example of this. There was no reason for 2010 except to close the gaping loose ends of 2001 and people were screaming for answers. It seemed to me that all the answers were there in 2001. The answer was that there are no answers. There’s a cyclical, unending universal mystery that will always be too big for us to understand. Isn’t that enough?

Apparently, it isn’t.

That could be my Argument of the Day: There are far too many sequels and they’re created because people need a reason and an answer for everything. Viewers are intellectually lazy and see an open question as a flaw.

Prove me wrong.