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    It is not the case that If the locus of aesthetic meaning is the reader's active construction from signifying structures, then privileging the artist's original mode of being is a category error that mislocates where aesthetic experience occurs.

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    • 1.Reader construction requires signifying structures deliberately organized by artists; meaning depends on prior authorial choices, not just reception.
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    • 2.Some artworks constrain interpretation through formal properties; not all readings are equally valid, suggesting structures partially determine meaning.
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    • 3.We distinguish masterworks from failures partly through fidelity to artistic intent; abandoning intentionality undermines aesthetic evaluation itself.
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    • 1.Identical artworks produce radically different experiences across readers, suggesting meaning emerges from interpretation, not pre-existing intent.
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    • 2.Artists often cannot fully explain their work's impact, indicating aesthetic power exceeds conscious authorial awareness or control.
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    • 3.Historical artworks continue generating novel meanings for new audiences, proving aesthetic significance is not fixed at creation.
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