I have always considered “art” to be a skill, that I can assure you I don’t posses. If it looks like something I could do (Pollack et. al.), then it doesn’t qualify as art.
Like music...I could learn to work the piano as a machine and play by rote what I had practiced, but I never had that “feel” for music. I could never improvise a riff. I always strung together riffs from other artists that I had learned and never laid down anything original or memorable. Being an artist is an intrinsic quality that few possess.
You hit my memory button with this comment. The 1970's TV Series M*A*S*H started as a jeremiad against the Vietnam War but in its latter years, with much more rounded characters, it was so very superior. The late David Ogden Stiers (1942-2018), playing Major Winchester, had written for him and gave a bravura performance about this very gift in this 5 minute clip. The fact was that Mr Stiers was very dedicated to classical music in his life and I think that this piece was a beautiful marriage of his passions.
One of my all-time favorite TV clips and I think you will agree!