end of week three post- my definition of art

According to Merriam-Webster, art is "a skill acquired by experience, study, or observation." I do agree with this, but I also believe that art does not begin with these things, it usually ends there. Ever since I was five years old, my form of art didn't require any of this. I was a tap dancer from kindergarten through the seventh grade, and sure, by seventh grade I had acquired a little bit of skill, but at first, it was just pure fun. The feeling of putting on a leotard and tights made me feel like I was doing more than just banging my feet obnoxiously on the floor and making all kinds of different noises. When I was five years old, I had absolutely no experience in tap dancing, I just thought that it was fun to hear the different sounds that a normal body part could make as it touched the floor. At the end of every year there would be a huge dance recital. The younger age groups would never have too much of a routine, they would just stomp around in circles to hear themselves, but as I became more and more advanced in this form of art, I certainly did acquire skill from my previous dance experience, from having tap practice once or twice a week, and most definitely from observing and learning new things from my instructor. I fell in love with tap dancing because I became better and better at it. Up until I was 13, tap dancing was the ultimate form of art, until soccer came in the picture. In conclusion, art is my definition of art is having fun and then acquiring skill. :)