What is Art?

[tseran]

I had a person online today comment to me that Poser wasn't actually art. I blinked and gave him an earful. But before I bring up my points as to why they were wrong, I have to ask, is anyone else getting this kind of reaction? Are there other people's art forms being called "not actually art" because of some twisted sense of what art is? My first

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[catarzyna]

As far as I am aware computer animation is a form of art.

[tseran]

In this case, they weren't referring to animation, just static images like I do. It still frustrates me to think that someone can not see the artistic value of something just because I didn't create it from scratch. That's like saying you didn't really cook that meal because you used store bought flour instead of grinding your own, or used tomato sauce instead of making your own.