If you look over all of these arguments about what art is, what its not, if it is, and if its not. Art is what the world tells us it is. That is, if your being completely honest with yourself. The very opening statement, "a piece of code, or an elegant mathematical proof is as much art as a Picasso, or Beethoven's 5th Symphony." This person is lying to himself just by mentioning these two names with the word art. Sure the formal definition of Art can include code, proofs, games, science, math... theses art all logical things you can include. I wash the dishes perfectly everyday, this too is logically Art. But, what your reality of art actually is, is what our society dreams as art. Society is not yet at the point where you can mention Einstein and not think of scientist. You can argue all day long that YOU think good math is art and that YOU are more intelligent than the rest cuz you understand that "art" has no formal boundaries. Unfortunately, qualitative answers will never get you the answers you need. Humans are first and foremost social creatures and if society thinks and feels art is Picasso and Einstein was a scientist then that's how it is, you realize that you truly don't set the boundaries at all. These are the names the will be synonymous in all our thoughts and hearts for a long time to come. The problem is no-one wants to accept what they are, painter=artist, programmer=good at math person. Once you accept who and what you are, you then can realize that it is ok to be who you are. So, please lets stop lying to one another.
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If you look over all of these arguments about what art is, what its not, if it is, and if its not. Art is what the world tells us it is. That is, if your being completely honest with yourself. The very opening statement, "a piece of code, or an elegant mathematical proof is as much art as a Picasso, or Beethoven's 5th Symphony." This person is lying to himself just by mentioning these two names with the word art. Sure the formal definition of Art can include code, proofs, games, science, math... theses art all logical things you can include. I wash the dishes perfectly everyday, this too is logically Art. But, what your reality of art actually is, is what our society dreams as art. Society is not yet at the point where you can mention Einstein and not think of scientist. You can argue all day long that YOU think good math is art and that YOU are more intelligent than the rest cuz you understand that "art" has no formal boundaries. Unfortunately, qualitative answers will never get you the answers you need. Humans are first and foremost social creatures and if society thinks and feels art is Picasso and Einstein was a scientist then that's how it is, you realize that you truly don't set the boundaries at all. These are the names the will be synonymous in all our thoughts and hearts for a long time to come. The problem is no-one wants to accept what they are, painter=artist, programmer=good at math person. Once you accept who and what you are, you then can realize that it is ok to be who you are. So, please lets stop lying to one another.