What is Art?

Today for our first class, we were asked the question, what is art?. I do not think i ever gave that question much thought until this class. After thinking about it for a while and looking at pieces of "art" i came to the conclusion that anything can be art. There are many pieces of artwork that I see and I think to myself wow that's amazing how can someone do something like that, then there are other pieces that a see and i think that they are very simple or strange. Either way i have realized that anything can be art, whether it is the Mona Lisa or a simple illustration or sculpture. i think after thinking more about this i have a better understanding for art and can see beyond the surface of a piece and look for its meaning or message the artist is trying to get across. Art comes in all shapes and sizes some very original some easily copied, but either way every piece has its own story and i think that is what makes it art.