Art

 

ARTPOP

A hybrid can withstand these things
My heart can beat with bricks and strings
My ARTPOP could mean anything

Is Art a hybrid, that is a combination?

What I've discovered is that in art, as in music, there's a lot of truth—and then there's a lie. The artist is essentially creating his work to make this lie a truth, but then he slides it in amongst all the others. The tiny little lie is the moment I live for, my moment. It's the moment the audience falls in love. -  Lady Gaga

Far be it from me to disagree with Mother Monster, because I don’t, but Art is Truth.  And Lies are the absence of Truth.  Truth is a combination of Reality and Imagination.  Lady Gaga has Imagination.  She does not tell Lies.  I think what Lady Gaga meant to say is:

What I've discovered is that in art, as in music, there's a lot of reality—and then there's imagination. The artist is essentially creating his work to make this combination a truth, by sliding his imagination in amongst all the reality. The imagination is the moment I live for, my moment. It's the moment the audience falls in love.