Response to Tyler's: "Arts Malleability"

If we follow Tolstoy's theory as a group of NAZI's, it is not art if the person is not gettin the right feeling from the piece. The communication has to be exact, correct, and precise. When I first read this theory, i thought i was reading about telepathy, but its just Tolstoy's theory nothing new.

If we apply his theory with respectable vagueness (look at what we re talking about ! ART it doesnt get more vague than that) the puppy, and the Aussie picture is still art. Because they evoke feelings, about the portraits.

Communication doesnt always happen correctly, it's not as simple as miscommunication, there are shades of gray, how much did you retain of it etc.

1.How is communication fail in art?

2.How did Tolstoy come up with communication theory?

3. Are we looking at the wrong level of communication, is it something broader Tolstoy intended?