"I think everything in life is art. What you do. How you dress. The way you love someone, and how you talk. Your smile and your personality. What you believe in, and all your dreams. The way you drink your tea. How you decorate your home. Or party. Your grocery list. The food you make. How your writing looks. And the way you feel. Life is art." ~Helena Bonham Carter
I got to see an art exhibit from ancient Egypt, mostly things plundered from tombs, and what struck me at the time was how many things being venerated as objects of art were really just fairly ordinary objects-- combs, stools, inkwells-- that someone had spent just a little more effort creating.
It was about the same time that I was becoming intrigued with Andy Warhol's works.
Both carried the same message: anything can be "art," if you look at it right.
Which leads to this:
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