 Another central question of aesthetics that Dewey considers at length in Art as Experience is artistic expression. How can an artwork be expressive and serve as means of communication? The issues are intertwined, for Dewey believes “objects of art… communicate” because they are “expressive” (AE: 110). Artistic expression is for Dewey not a simple matter of the artist transmitting her inner emotions to the work. When for example Van Gogh tried to express “utter desolation” in one of his paintings he did not “pour forth” an emotion to the artwork, but selected and organized material, such as paint and pigments, in a certain way to capture this emotional tone, turning the material used into means of expression, or a medium in Dewey’s terminology.