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This question is similar to walking into a bar at a science fiction convention and trying to get a group to agree on a definition for science fiction. Agreement will not be forthcoming. Understand at the beginning that what you are asking for can never be anything but a personal opinion of the one you ask.

I define Art as: “The manipulation of sensory input to another person either through creating an artifact or a performance, in such a way as to create an effect emotively.”

Performance Arts involve both creators and performers, and all involve the manipulation of a sensory input over time. In this category we have music, plays, or dance as some examples.

Artifactual Arts involve leaving an artifact behind which may be apprehended as the viewer may like, with time constraints only issuing, ideally, from the viewer, or, as a practical matter, the institution or person displaying the art. In this category we have painting, sculpture, and architecture for examples.

Some arts combine aspects of both (a restaurant where the cook is basically a performing artist comes to mind) to a greater or lesser degree.

It still is a very personal opinion, as all are going to be when you are asking about such a personal subject. I’d be very interested in hearing about any arts not “in humanity.” That would be either in animals or space aliens. Either way it would be fun to hear about. 
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I think that art is an expression of the creativity that lays within humanity. It is our rearrangement of the cosmos into usually what we call beautiful pieces. Pieces which inspire the soul our ability to FEEL. When we listen to a beautiful peiece of music this can ignite feelings of wonder and amazement within the human listener.

Art is a way in which human beings interpret meaning from a meaningless world in some people’s view. I see a connection here because heightened creativity is very close to madness and sometimes artists must venture to these places to bring back the unconscious gold that lays within the collective consciousness of mankind.

Art is a beautiful medium to express the human soul

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