Friday, March 8, 2013

Is Art Made Artier by More Artiness?

     Going to a Liberal Arts college, one must inevitably tackle the question.  The Question.  What Is Art?
     It's something I've been tumbling around in my mind for a while (as all Liberal Arts students are destined to do.  We do not question our Fate.)  Every time I've encountered The Question, my mouth has tried to respond somehow, although all the help my brain was giving was: "It's a word."  And I think "It's a word?"  Thanks, brain.  What the heck does that mean? "It's a word."  What a stupid response.  Meanwhile, my brain refused to tell me what it was on about. It does that a lot.
    Then, at like midnight (of course) it suddenly occurred to me: Art is a word.