Here's another interesting insight: when people talk about "subjectivity" and "objectivity" in relation to art they often talk about something different than what these words usually imply. Namely, in their vocabulary, the word "subjective" means "people are equal" and the word "objective" means "people are unequal". That's all there is to it! Obviously, when people say that music is "subjective" they don't mean that you can't rank it; rather, they want to say that you can only rank it for yourself. Whereas when people say that music is "objective" they mean that it can be ranked across everyone.
In reality, however, nothing is equal. Equality is merely a useful illusion (e.g. in mathematics and social relations.)
Similarly, the whole world is mental (i.e. subjective.) The so-called "objectivity" is merely a useful illusion.
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