There is a rather large spiritual aspect to mankind's creation of art. If you look at the history of art, in the western world and elsewhere, it is strongly ti

There is a rather large spiritual aspect to mankind's creation of art. If you look at the history of art, in the western world and elsewhere, it is strongly tied to some sort of religion. Religious practice typically implements some sort of repetitive behavior or meditation, where the goal is not necessarily to get something done in the physical world. If you run the process through some sort of reductionist approach, you wouldn't have art to begin with. Why even make a piece of art? What's the point? While it is interesting to view the creation of art through the lens of an engineer, any attempt to criticize the work through only this lens is not going to stand up very well.