To me, the standard is obvious: our lives are only so long, and there's only so much art we can enjoy in them. It doesn't matter where in the low end you draw t

To me, the standard is obvious: our lives are only so long, and there's only so much art we can enjoy in them. It doesn't matter where in the low end you draw the line between "art" and "not art". It's the high end that matters. Do you worry about the line between almost-food and barely-food? Or do you worry about what's good food, or the best food you can get? The reason this painfully obvious idea has trouble being accepted is that most people enjoy food, and most people don't enjoy art. They need barely-art for the same reason kids need barely-beer. They don't like beer, but they want others to think they do.