Pushing boundaries

New movements in art are often created because the old becomes hackneyed and new modes of expressions are needed.

It's exactly that, "new modes of expression."

Sometimes, art that deviates from the expected is simply for the sake of deviation. (I say expected, and not the "norm" because I would argue that the norm does not exist as much as we come to have certain expectations of what should be and that becomes the "norm" though this is constantly shifting.)

Other times, art deviates from what is expected because the old stops being able to express the feelings, thoughts, and emotions that exist.

This is why sometimes I feel like language is so limiting. The ineffable becomes pigeonholed into the words that are inadequate to express the truth behind what exists.

I disagree with Saussure on this point, I think. He claims that things do not exist until they are articulated. I argue that because we cannot articulate certain things, create a different language in music and art to express what words cannot.