"Art is a selective re-creation of reality according to an artist’s metaphysical value-judgments. Man’s profound need of art lies in the fact that his cognitive faculty is conceptual, i.e., that he acquires knowledge by means of abstractions, and needs the power to bring his widest metaphysical abstractions into his immediate, perceptual awareness. Art fulfills this need: by means of a selective re-creation, it concretizes man’s fundamental view of himself and of existence. It tells man, in effect, which aspects of his experience are to be regarded as essential, significant, important. In this sense, art teaches man how to use his consciousness. It conditions or stylizes man’s consciousness by conveying to him a certain way of looking at existence."
"Art (including literature) is the barometer of a culture. It reflects the sum of a society’s deepest philosophical values: not its professed notions and slogans, but its actual view of man and of existence."
Both of these quotes are from The Romantic Manifesto
Sauce for further exploration (this is a great "pick a topic" resource): http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/art.html
Link to OP about this: https://greatawakening.win/p/16b6RjkOv8/take-2-this-requires-disclaimer-/
To address your first sentence about the perspective:
Objectivism concerns itself with the essence of existence. You exist, it is self evident. The question then becomes: what for.
Of course there is no need to be in agreement with Ayn Rand. Yet, there are some aspects of her philosophy worth considering, not the least because she is vehemently anti-collectivism, and pro- individual freedom, free-market.
I know why I am here, its not for any ism.
Your response does your screenname honor.
Good day to you, sir.