What the hell is art ?!

This morning I was trying to find a suitable place to store some Christmas presents and the only place I could find was my old den or "shack" as we used to call it. A small hut out in the bottom of my garden where me and my friends spent many hours drinking, smoking, gossiping, dancing, sleeping, you name it we've done it in that 6ft square room. Going back out there and seeing the graffitied walls and the empty beer cans made me feel something very strange, it touched me and made me think. To me this was the best peice of artwork I'd ever seen.

The English dictionary describes art as "the quality, production, expression, or realm, according to aesthetic principles, of what is beautiful, appealing, or of more than ordinary significance". This is all good and well but to me that definition is just a bunch of words.

Urban dictionary however, describes it as "The purpose of art is to create an emotional response in the person that is exposed to that art". I completely agree with this definition and can easily relate to it. Although we didn't have any intentions in creating such an emotional peice of work it certianly has become that and I hope many other people can look at their own lives and see that art doesn't have to be in a boring gallery.