Pondering a possible definition of art
A work is art in proportion to the unpredictability of the locus of its maximal perceived value.
If you know exactly who will appreciate it the most it is weak art.
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Best I can figure, something is art if the person who made it intended to create art. Nobody else's opinion matters.
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Nah, that's in a sense a bit of a cowardly definition. While there is subjectivity, interesting definitions allow for external failures.
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Click bait is much more predictable in effects so a lesser art
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explores a compelling definition of art in Understanding Comics and Reinventing Comics - "Any activity which does not have the primary purpose of survival or reproduction" - to me judging as art/not-art is a fool's game, judging good art/bad art is pure subjectivity
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It's only a fool's game if you want it to be. I find it very interesting and critical to improving what I do.
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maximal perceived value of 450,000,000 dollars?
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Art is the process or result of tweaking reality in unmistakably human ways.
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