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The issue is not whether everything created is art but rather whether the intent of the creator is to make art.

I can't even get a handle on what Hal and Logan are trying to say. They want to say that art isn't art unless someone other than the creator calls it such? I think the flaws in that thinking are apparent. What about the many, many people who spent lifetimes painting and drawing without ever showing their work to anyone? Are they not artists? If the concept of art is totally subjective then there is no such a thing as art. For every piece of art out there you will find admirers and detractors. Even the old masters have their naysayers - there are those who believe that only expressionism is 'true art.'

I don't mean to disrespect, but I think if you admittedly don't really care about art, then you're really not in a position to say what it is and what it isn't. Even moreso, why should you care? Seems more like nose-tweaking than a real opinion.

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