You are welcome to produce a definition that separates those things. You have seen my definition. By definition an act of self-expression cannot occur without

You are welcome to produce a definition that separates those things. You have seen my definition. By definition an act of self-expression cannot occur without a self. Without clarifying what makes something art, your claim that art can be something produced without a self (i.e., is not self-expression) demotes art to the level of “any random thing”.