As defined by Dictionary.com Art is the quality, production, expression, or realm according to aesthetic principles, of what is beautiful, appealing, or of more than ordinary significance. I think that is a pretty accurate definition. Art, like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder. I might not see art in a portrait I see in an alley but other people do.
Art is such a large part of our everyday lives that we may hardly even stop to think about it. Our desk or table where you are sitting, right this minute. Someone designed that. It is art. My shoes are art. My coffee cup is art. The pillowcase I go to sleep on every night is art. Anything that can be designed is art. As I'm typing this I'm more reflecting then I am writing and I could be rambling a bit also, but art is everywhere. Its what appeals to me, I see art in clouds or in the production of a good advertisement.
Personally I find art in books. I can pick up a book and the text itself is a work of art. I think an author can be an artist; they are illustrating a picture in my mind with text. I think they are the greatest artists of them all, they do not need any paint or pastels. All they need is some ink and a piece of paper.
Art is everywhere. I think it is something that can only be defined as an object that one finds appealing.
