It was later still that I discovered that being an artist isn't necessarily associated with one's ability to draw and model objects. Artists march to the beat of a different drummer. Each artist is largely as different from ever other artist as he or she is from society at large, but they share a bond of dissimilarity that serves to unify them. In addition to having a unique vision of his or her surroundings, the artist has a compulsion to create. It is this compulsion, more than the actual practice of creating, that makes one an artist.
Creativity comes in many, many forms, each as legitimate as any other.
If an artist claims that something he created is art, there can be no dissuading him. If something is not worthy of being discussed at all, then no more worthy are its merits as being art. I consider this web site to be my work of art. The photography could be discussed in conventional terms as art, but I believe that the multimedia aspects of the web site itself are an integral part of the work. I feel that the autobiographical nature of the site is also part of the art.