Quote - ... Morkonan, I think conveying meaning is a subset of art, however in order to convey meaning your audience has to pick up on it.  And I'm still not convinced that you can't have art simply for art's sake.

You can't use a word to define itself.

So, "Art for Art's Sake" doesn't really make any sense.  What is "art's sake?"  See what I mean?  If you're trying to define something, you have to put the definition into words that actually tell you what the word means.

If you apply my definition to your idea of "art for art's sake" then you will find no conflict.  You can create something that means something more to you than just the simple sum of its parts.  There's a gray area there that is arguable through.  However, I will say that there is no physical law that makes it necessary that any daydreaming, intellectual or emotional musings you undertake must always be non-physical.

I wasn't trying to define or answer "Why Art?"  I was answering "What is Art?"  A subtle yet important distinction. :)