Ideas are not art.
Agendas, political or social, are not art.
Philosophy isn’t art.
Opinions are not art.
Concepts are not art.
Ideology isn’t art.
Even self expression, isn’t art.
What art is, is a doorway to the spiritual, manifested through craftsmanship.
Art serves as a conduit, for society, communities and the individual, for spiritual essence and growth.
The central weapon of art, its main tool, is beauty.
The current war on beauty, is a war on art, which in turn, is a war against the spiritual.