[soulofmischief]

Art gratis art.

Some get their rocks off interfacing with the relationship between their art and those who engage with it. Others are entirely satisfied with the process of making art itself. The former is an externalized process, the latter is internalized.

Different strokes for different folks, but you can put me in a box with no human interaction and a keyboard, and I will find no end of entertainment through self-exploration via the artistic process.

[bennythomsson]

Having burried a bunch of boxes with cards inside is art?

I can see the artistic value of the full magic act, but does that make a tool used in the act to itself be art on its own?

Is the bow used by a violin player in itself a piece of art? Perhaps it could be. But if it's burried?

[soulofmischief]

It's art if the artist decides it is. You don't have to agree with them, but art is not some objective form you can define, it's entirely subjective.

> Is the bow used by a violin player in itself a piece of art

A pencil is a work of art.

[robocat]

It's art if the viewer decides it is

What the artist thinks or desires is often irrelevant. (Edited)

[soulofmischief]

And what committee decided this? Who gave them the authority to decide how an artist should feel about their own work?