This is a response to Shawna's question, "Do you think that it is possible for someone to be consistent in their feelings towards a particular piece of art though?"

Well this is a bit tricky, becuase i cannot speak for all of mankind on my behalf. But i think there is an ambiguous yes and no in that answer. I believe that a person can have a consistent feeling for a particular piece of art. That once seeing it or thinking if it, it will always convey that emotion to them. Like for example, someone may look at Thomas Gainsborough's "the Blue Boy" and always like it.
However, do not be fooled, world. For people will always change and learn and grow. And while an individual's feelings toward a piece of artwork may be consistent, the knowledge that they accumulate and their increased level of understanding will make it possible for them to appreciate that work more, or in some cases, change their opinion. But if their opinion is unchanged, and their emotion is the same, and they have just become more enlightened on the matter, i think that would be consistent.

So my question for right now is, does Bell think that people will have a consistent emotion upon looking at the same piece of art as a whole?