Final Project- when do we stop saying something is art?

Many of us can agree that cooking is an art. You need talent, passion, and creativity to create masterpiece. Only those who truly know how ingredients work together can create a dish that takes your breath away. But to what extent can we push this notion that cooking is an art? What about in the case of Walter White in the tv show Breaking Bad? He is a highly skilled chemist who creates blue crystal meth, which becomes so popular because of it’s aesthetic appeal along with its high quality. When watching him create this drug, the viewer is pulled in by his attention to detail, his swift and coordinated movements, and whatever good music is playing in the background. Of course, the process is dramatized and perfected for the show, but one cannot help but feel a tremendous amount of respect for Mr. White and his artistic talent, even in making something as awful as crystal meth. Many will argue that this isn’t really art, but what it really comes down to is asking ourselves: what IS art, and how far are we willing to push that definition? We can all agree that art consists of paintings, sculptures, music, etc. But where do those other things fall? The things that won’t end up in a museum?

Perhaps everything created by human hands that requires skill and creativity is art. But that’s just my definition. Art could be just whatever the individual considers to be art. Just like how beauty is in the eye of the beholder; art is whatever you want it to be.