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When I first began thinking about this topic, it seemed as if it was a fairly simple subject. Of course, we could debate art. Critics and the average citizens have done it for years, debating over which pieces are their favorites. As I began ....

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... better and possibly inspire other’s thinking as well. ? Although it is perhaps an unanswerable question, there are a few points I feel should be discussed. One of the issues that I thought about was a problem in the basic definition of art. What could be defined as art? Does it have to be “pleasing to the eye,” or “something that does not offend or ridicule?” One example was a piece done where a person had placed a crucifix upside-down…was this art? I decided that it was, based on my belief that anything, although it may seem offensive or even repulsive, should be considered as art as long as one person, maybe only the artist h ...