ART?!

SO, EVERY ONCE IN AWHILE I GET THE QUESTION, WHAT IS ART?  I HAVE A HARD TIME WITH THIS QUESTION, BECAUSE MY TASTE IN ART SOMETIMES COMES THRU IN MY DEFINITION.  HOWEVER, ART, TO ME, IS SOMETHING DONE WITH FINESSE AND SKILL.  I USED TO BELIEVE THAT ART WAS ONLY PAINT AND CANVAS, BUT THAT ALL DISSIPATED UPON THE DISCOVERY OF SCULPTURE.  AS I GREW OLDER, I FOUND THAT ART CAN BE FOUND ALMOST ANYWHERE.  FOR INSTANCE, WHEN YOU GO TO A NICE RESTAURANT, AND THE SERVER COMES OUT WITH A PLATE OF FOOD THAT LOOKS LIKE IT WAS CAREFULLY PLACED AND DRIZZLED IN SAUCE WITH A CERTAIN DESIGN IN MIND.  THAT'S ART.  WHEN A DOCTOR DOES A CERTAIN PROCEDURE, THAT IS DONE IN A SPECIFIC WAY, UNIQUE TO THAT PARTICULAR DOCTOR, THAT IS ART.  EVEN, WHEN YOU GO TO THE GROCERY STORE AND THE BAGGER PLACES THE GROCERIES IN YOUR BAGS IN A CERTAIN TYPE OF WAY.  THAT BAGGER HAS DEVELOPED AN ART FORM.  THERE IS AN ART TO DAMN NEAR EVERYTHING.  WE CRITICIZE OFTEN, WHAT WE THINK IS GOOD ART AND BAD ART, BY SAYING SOMETHING IS AND ISN'T ART, AND THAT IS NOT THE CORRECT APPROACH.  ART IS ART, BECAUSE IT IS A REPRESENTATION OF SOMEONE.  WE SHOULD TRY TO VALUE ART ON A SCALE OF WHAT OUR TASTES ARE, INSTEAD.  FOR INSTANCE, I AM NOT THE BIGGEST FAN OF ABSTRACT MOST TIMES, BUT, IT DOESN'T MEAN I DON'T CONSIDER IT ART....AND IN FACT, THERE ARE SOME ABSTRACT PIECES THAT I DO ACTUALLY LIKE.  IN CHANGING MY PERCEPTION, I HAVE GROWN MORE ACCEPTING AND OPEN-MINDED.  ART IS ALL AROUND YOU.  EVEN IN THE WORST THINGS SOMETIMES.  ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS SHIFT YOUR VISION, TO SEE THE ART OF IT ALL.  - 925