Originally Posted by
Longview
I suppose if you believe in an omnipotent creator in the grand scheme of things, life would be art. However, Oscar Wilde has a very interesting point in his essay The Decay of Lying - An Observation:
"[..]Life imitates Art far more than Art imitates Life. This results not merely from Life's imitative instinct, but from the fact that the self-conscious aim of Life is to find expression, and that Art offers it certain beautiful forms through which it may realise that energy."