Social Question  ragingloli's avatar  Speculation time: Why do
you think there is such a fundamental difference between visual
art, and music?  Asked by ragingloli (33676 points ) January
22nd, 2013  When you look at the visual art that is most
popular, they are almost exclusively depictions of objects known
in the real world, or objects that resemble real life
counterparts or combinations thereof. Even the most recent
pinnacle of visuals, Avatar, is an example of that. Trees,
animals, tall blue people, people, machines.  When you look at
music however, it is mostly an arrangement of sounds that are
not found in nature, and humans invented instruments to produce
these sounds, from violins and pianos to modern electronic music
where these sounds are further distorted. If music where like
visual art, it would be an arrangement of sounds found in the
real world, like dog barks, bird song, thunder, wind, water, car
engines, gun shots, wolf howls, etc, but instead they are all
sounds that have been invented by hum