Is everything of artistic value?

I can understand that such an idea would make someone skeptical; believe me, I was too, at first. But bear with me a moment as I lead you through my thought process.

My composition teacher read my previous post, and suggested that I look into Duchamp's "Fountain". I did, and found it was rather in keeping with the subject of just what makes something art.

Skeptics may look at this and say, "It's a urinal. How could this possibly be art?" But then, isn't it often said that beauty is in the eye of the beholder? It's all in the perspective. I personally love the idea that something ordinary can mean something entirely different if you just look at it from a different view.

It's common in photography, to simply take a picture of something at an interesting angle- and that's what art often is. Here's a different way of looking at it, isn't that cool? Much art is called so because it pleases the eye, or is interesting simply because it does not. Then there's the art which makes a satire of some sort, or presents an idea through symbolism. People can find meaning in anything if they try hard enough. Just about anything can appeal to someone somehow, whether to their eye or mind. It's all in your perspective. If you think about it that way and are inclined to appreciate the little things, then maybe anything can be art- and that would make life a lot more interesting, now wouldn't it?