{"id":5190,"date":"2014-03-31T15:20:26","date_gmt":"2014-03-31T19:20:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/arts.umich.edu\/ink\/?p=5190"},"modified":"2014-03-31T15:20:26","modified_gmt":"2014-03-31T19:20:26","slug":"whats-an-art","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/2014\/03\/31\/whats-an-art\/","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s an Art?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What is light \u00e2\u20ac\u201c is color, weight \u00e2\u20ac\u201c is thought \u00e2\u20ac\u201c is fire licking a dry log \u00e2\u20ac\u201c is bug crawling up stalk \u00e2\u20ac\u201c is hexagon in bee hives \u00e2\u20ac\u201c is replication \u00e2\u20ac\u201c geometry \u00e2\u20ac\u201c smell of bacon, lingers all day \u00e2\u20ac\u201c is the best kind \u00e2\u20ac\u201c soul food \u00e2\u20ac\u201c mind food \u00e2\u20ac\u201c is my seventh cervical vertebrae \u00e2\u20ac\u201c out of line \u00e2\u20ac\u201c joints and bones and fibers \u00e2\u20ac\u201c is jungle bird freakin\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 out \u00e2\u20ac\u201c wild flashing colors \u00e2\u20ac\u201c is a dance \u00e2\u20ac\u201c finding mates \u00e2\u20ac\u201c in the air \u00e2\u20ac\u201c in the clouds \u00e2\u20ac\u201c in the grass \u00e2\u20ac\u201c underground \u00e2\u20ac\u201c full and empty, all around \u00e2\u20ac\u201c right on time \u00e2\u20ac\u201c in your face \u00e2\u20ac\u201c art is truth \u00e2\u20ac\u201c is a lie \u00e2\u20ac\u201c is the money \u00e2\u20ac\u201c just like time \u00e2\u20ac\u201c art is time \u00e2\u20ac\u201c in the books \u00e2\u20ac\u201c is a habit \u00e2\u20ac\u201c in the sun \u00e2\u20ac\u201c flicking corner smile \u00e2\u20ac\u201c is addicting, is a drug \u00e2\u20ac\u201c is repulsive \u00e2\u20ac\u201c art\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a bitch \u00e2\u20ac\u201c pain in ass \u00e2\u20ac\u201c is a good book \u00e2\u20ac\u201c On The Road \u00e2\u20ac\u201c a good night\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s sleep \u00e2\u20ac\u201c a balled-up wad \u00e2\u20ac\u201c the tip of a cigarette \u00e2\u20ac\u201c eyelash stuck on finger \u00e2\u20ac\u201c stray hair \u00e2\u20ac\u201c nervous tick \u00e2\u20ac\u201c what comes out when no one\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s there \u00e2\u20ac\u201c art\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s for dinner \u00e2\u20ac\u201c is what\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s up \u00e2\u20ac\u201c holds us all together \u00e2\u20ac\u201c holds me together \u00e2\u20ac\u201c is the strongest glue \u00e2\u20ac\u201c breaks apart \u00e2\u20ac\u201c art decay, death by art \u00e2\u20ac\u201c is motion \u00e2\u20ac\u201c gesture \u00e2\u20ac\u201c stride \u00e2\u20ac\u201c is a firm hand shake \u00e2\u20ac\u201c is a stubbed toe on sidewalk edge \u00e2\u20ac\u201c is a root \u00e2\u20ac\u201c knot in rope \u00e2\u20ac\u201c in your hair \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Charlie horse \u00e2\u20ac\u201c art\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s what\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s there \u00e2\u20ac\u201c what is not \u00e2\u20ac\u201c art evolves \u00e2\u20ac\u201c is a game \u00e2\u20ac\u201c life or death \u00e2\u20ac\u201c heat \u00e2\u20ac\u201c sweat \u00e2\u20ac\u201c lack of sleep \u00e2\u20ac\u201c is a Coney dog, side of hash \u00e2\u20ac\u201c hung over \u00e2\u20ac\u201c rip in pants \u00e2\u20ac\u201c in the crotch \u00e2\u20ac\u201c under sheets \u00e2\u20ac\u201c art is tension \u00e2\u20ac\u201c fear \u00e2\u20ac\u201c a joke, a gag \u00e2\u20ac\u201c a good piece of gum \u00e2\u20ac\u201c last forever \u00e2\u20ac\u201c is time again \u00e2\u20ac\u201c is life \u00e2\u20ac\u201c in the air \u00e2\u20ac\u201c is a challenge \u00e2\u20ac\u201c isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t fair \u00c2\u00a0\u00e2\u20ac\u201c is tree leaning over sidewalk \u00e2\u20ac\u201c steamrolled flag relief, waved around \u00e2\u20ac\u201c is a shout \u00e2\u20ac\u201c art is bark with so much to say, with an H carved in the side \u00e2\u20ac\u201c palace pillars hugged by half nudes at the top \u00e2\u20ac\u201c broken glass on ledges \u00e2\u20ac\u201c is the pigeon who likes Poptarts \u00e2\u20ac\u201c 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