Today I had a 30 minute discussion with a friend while working on my art exam about what art really is. I said art is anything stimulating (applying to music, literature, etc. as well as the visual stuff) and he said "A conveyance of meaning through application of skill". I would agree with him except that not all of my art always has meaning. Sometimes I just sit down with a few bottles of tempra paint, a paper, and some string and I make a painting. While art is interesting when there's a story behind it, does there have to be?