Whenever a subject like music, books, movies or art is discussed it evokes a lot of passion out of the debaters. That's quite understandable because each one of those four subject matters means a lot to most people that have a love for either music, books, movies or art and they never want their opinion to be discounted, be it on heavy metal music or metal art.

At least when it comes to books, movies and music they are easily classifiable as there are specific genres that most books, movies and music can be put into. With art though that's a little trickier because the definition of art is different to most people. Sure, you can get the universal Oxford dictionary definition of art that states art is, "the expression or application of human creative skill and imagination, typically in a visual form such as painting or sculpture, producing works to be appreciated primarily for their beauty or emotional power."

Given that definition though, what exactly constitutes art? Surely, you can't limit art to only paintings and sculptures, as that would exclude many other forms of art works. The best way to look at art is by thinking that anything can be art. It really is as simple as that when you think of it. A piece of bathroom decor is art. A hand-print replica is art. A lampshade made out of recycled materials is art. A papier-mache hat is art. A stick figure drawing is art. Popsicle sticks glued together to create a house is art. Food and drink could be considered a work of art by some. We can go on and on and on and just keep listing examples of your non-typical art works and all that would accomplish is a very long list.

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