What do you think of the value of art?

Well, as the saying goes, "culture" make life bearable, I guess?

Gorgeous! Delicious ! Deculture! (?)

Is "art" useless? I don't know, I personally considered "art" in a larger context of "culture", what what is culture use for? In some sense, culture is a product of leisure, only available when when we are not spending almost all of our time looking for food.

I am not sure where I am going with this. There is something about art and culture in the context of anthropology that I read a a while back articulates some of this point better then I do.

More or less what I got out of it are the following: The value of art comes from its ability to communicate ideas, to organize thoughts, to inspire emotions, to provoke dialogues and perhaps to acculturate, to spread "culture".

There are very few objects that I see around my house that isn't touched by "culture", or being "design" according to certain aesthetics. While generally it isn't considered "a work of art", those objects that were design often were informed by the principles that were explored in the academic arena. Principles of 2 dimensional composition, color theories for example.

Who is to say that those isn't the product of our culture, and that the pioneers that first explored those concepts, their work have no value? Of course, this is entirely subjective, as one might agree what art is, or weather if it is good, then that's also a debate which makes life interesting.

Edit:
I guess I couldn't say I am a none-practitioner of "art". So my perspective might be a bit skewed. Although I believe that nobody is excluded from the influence of culture, or unable to influence it.

Jam it back in, in the dark.