what is this tomfoolery?
Look up "abstract" and you'll find "disassociated from any specific instance," "difficult to understand," and "insufficiently factual." All true, I suppose, but it works for me as an approximation of experience.
I use abstract art to give shape to my reality, which is no doubt different from your reality. It's a vexing issue, exacerbated by the proliferation of alternative realities in our civil discourse.