Defining "art", part two

Art, definition two:

Any human activity bringing something new into the world, which is not directly related to physical survival.

This is of course a very broad definition. You make a cup, not art. You make it blue, that part is art. You run down the street, not art. You run in a interesting, dancing manner, it is art.

This also has the advantage of taking the "quality" evaluation out of defining art. I think that one of the most hurtful ways the word art has been used is when it is denying. When something thinks a work of art should not exist (for some reason), they will often say "that is not art!" What they should say, but are not honest and brave enough to say, is "that is bad art". This of course would make the attack clear and expose the attacker for what he is, an attacker.

Art is art, no matter how good or bad. No matter how popular or obscure.

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