Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart once famously said that hard-core pornography was hard to define, “but I know it when I see it.”

I kinda feel the same way about art (I feel the same way about porn, too, but I try to keep this a family paper).

I’ve served on the board of directors of the Chenango County Council of the Arts for a decade-plus, been to hundreds of different gallery openings, plays, concerts and shows, never missed a Colorscape Chenango, been to a few Pennysaver craft shows and even some high school exhibits and a handful of nationally-known museums ... but I’m still not quite sure I’d always recognize “art” -- even if I stepped in it.

Art is such a subjective concept that I’m not sure anyone can clearly define it -- that’s why I’m never quite certain whether to trust someone else’s opinion when they say it’s good or it’s bad. I like what I like, but that doesn’t mean you will.