Response #10.

In Katherine's blog, she writes, "Children entertain themselves (in the broadest sense of the term) by playing games like tag and hide & seek. Child's play is certainly appreciated by most people, but is it a form of art?"

I don't believe it is a form of art because the children are not playing those games in order to create art. Rather, the children are playing those games in order to entertain themselves. The intention is not to create art, but rather it is to exercise the mind and body and be used as a distraction to what otherwise would be insane amounts of boredom. Child's play isn't part of the art world unless it counts something artistic the child has made (finger paints, music, stuff like that) but the mere games that they play, I personally don't believe that it should be considered a form of art. We may be able to appreciate it in an artistic context seeing as how it appeals to our aesthetic natures, but I don't believe it is a form of art.

My question is, "Is a child as young as toddler age still considered an artist if he or she creates a great piece of artwork without the intention of it being great art?"