At the beginning of this month, Taylor Swift announced that she was totally over Spotify. Or rather, that was the message she sent by removing her entire back catalog from the popular music streaming service, a move that caused an outcry from the 15 million subscribers–one third of Spotify’s total user base–who actively listen to her music through the service.

About a week ago, I was asked whether I might want to write a piece or two for the arts section of the Bagpipe. “Sure,” I said, figuring it would be a simple task. I had taken a few art classes and been to a few gallery shows in high school, and it seemed like I could just throw down some artsy words about the use of the brushstrokes in the works or something. Couldn’t be that hard.