Inference on Art and the Unsayable
XAT 2025 · Verbal Ability & Logical Reasoning · Easy · Reading Comprehension
The lovely thing about the unsayable is that it is unsaid. As soon as it is said, it is sayable and loses all its mystery and ambiguity. Art exists so that the unsayable can be said without having to actually say it. We cloud it in secrecy and obfuscation. The mind is free to roam and all things can be imagined, under the cover of darkness. How nice that is. The unsayable. How tired we are of having things explained to us. Having things said. How nice it is when people just shut … up.
Which of the following options can be BEST inferred from the passage?
- A.
Art unfolds the mystery of human tongues.
- B.
Any piece of art defies expression.
- C.
Art echoes the language that is unintelligible
- D.
Explaining an art metamorphoses into another piece of art.
- E.
Art expresses what humans cannot communicate in words
E
Explanation
The author directly states 'Art exists so that the unsayable can be said without having to actually say it', inferring art communicates feelings beyond verbal words.
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