In my opinion, it seems that artists fall into two main camps and many variations in between. There are the crafts people, purists who entertain the notion of applying strict techniques to create their art form. Example of this is a textile artist who sheers their own sheep, cards their own wool, dyes it, then spins it by hand and finally weaves it into their own creation. Part of their joy, I suppose, is spun out of a sense of having crafted from scratch. Then in camp B there are the harlequin artists. These people will pull from anywhere, the building blocks that become their art. They, I suppose, like to create in the purist sense, uninhibited, so anything is game. There are many levels in between these absolutes. Art is experienced differently by different people. That said, there can really be no universal judgment as to what constitutes art. Its truely different for different people. I measure how art affects me by how it touches my soul. Sometimes its a pure crafted piece and some times its a piece that utilizes every technique and technology available. For me the creation process is second to the results achieved. For me it comes down to a sense of connecticity with the work, whatever form it finally takes.