I’ve been contemplating the nature of art for the past two decades. While minuscule compared to the great artists of the past who spent a lifetime contemplating it, I do have one advantage:

I can learn from all of them.

What I’ve come to understand so far is the nature of art is fluid. It is in constant flux.

It pushes boundaries and it also elevates its audience… good art anyway. Spitting on the ground and calling it performance art, and other such nonsense, is ridiculous.

However, the idea of art is no longer relegated to the traditional boundaries of galleries and museums.

How often do we hear a master of their craft tell us there’s an art to their work?

Plumbing, mathematics, gardening—you name it.

A lifelong dedication to any craft is an art form and since we spend our lives pursuing it, all of life is really an art.

Art is life and it’s what moves us, sustains us and gives us purpose.