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Art!

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When we hear that word

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some of our minds jump to museums or framed paintings

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And in that context

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some people think"no

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I'm not a big fan of art

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I just don't get it".

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Or they think of art as something that's just for intellectuals or artsy people

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But really art is for anyone who wants to experience it

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And it's often in more places than we might realize

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Songs you like, movies you watch

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poems, theater

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even a quilt that your grandmother made

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all of that and more is art

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So you might be wondering well then "what is art?

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How do I define it?

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"

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Well, that's tough

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Art's been around for thousands of years

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And through the ages

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it's evolved in a number of different ways 

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and the reasons for creating it vary from person 

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to person depending on any number of factors

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So defining art is pretty tricky

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and it's something that's been debated throughout history

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There just isn't one agreed upon definition

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However

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many believe that art is anything that stirs emotion in you

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Now

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the emotions that get started up 

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depend entirely on your own history

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your story

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everything that comes together to make up who you are

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And because of this

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three different people can experience the same piece of art 

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and have wildly different reactions to it

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One person might think it's the most beautiful thing they've ever seen

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The second person might hate it

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and the third might not feel much of anything at all

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And none of them would be wrong

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Everyone's entitled to their own preferences and feelings when it comes to art

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You know the way you feel about your favorite song could be

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 the same way that someone else feels about their favorite sculpture

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And even though you might not like that sculpture

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it can be valuable to consider why that person enjoys it so much

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You may learn something about them and maybe even yourself

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The term art is really just a label

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Over the years

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a lot of people have tried to classify what it is or what it isn't

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But that's not really what art is about

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It's about your personal experience with it

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and the meaning that you draw from it

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Everyone reacts to art differently and 

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has the potential to grow and learn from it

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It gives us the opportunity to tell stories

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record history

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and taps into our emotions in a way that few other things can