>"what is art?", to which these questions are related, may or may not be a >truly valid question. And, if valid, the answers may be virtually >infinite. Maybe it should be asked how we are lead to the recognition of >the "thing"? That, and how do we come to know its the same?
I just remembered a conclusion drawn by a first grader last year, when we
were playing the "Art-NotArt" game-- the thing that makes something art is
that it is made by a person.