Once More With Feeling...

[shadowkat]

Last one, I promise. All this is probably proving is that I should leave polling to the experts. Hee.

[Poll #976784]

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[shadowkat67.livejournal.com]

Not babbling at all...actually you nailed it, I think.

Cooking and arranging a school lunch could well be art - some are, decorative flowers made from radishes, or nice neat sushi around in a flower shape...or a peanut butter sandwich cut to look like a star.
It's what matters most to you, that you put something of yourself into to communicate an emotion or feeling to another person.

If the thing that matters most to you is writing fanfic, if you *love* it and want to become good at it - than who's to say that's not art? I'm tempted to say its doing something without a guide or pre-made pattern or recipe...but I'm not sure that's true right now. Fanfic is writing a story with a premade pattern or recipe - but it is not the same as doing a "paint by numbers" picture or coloring in a coloring book. I think art is something that is not "mass produced" and must be a creative expression.
Also it should matter in some way to the person creating it...be more than just a job. Example - Whedon loved his characters and story - Buffy became "art" as a result. While writers on Law & Order are doing a job, it's work - so not art. Enjoyable yes, but not art? Or is that categorization subjective as well?