Just please don’t be mislead by the amount of time or effort given into a piece of art. Just because it is incredibly detailed and built in pain over decades with all the heart and dedication does not mean something is real art in my definition. If an artist takes little balls of shit everyday and in a careful process models a big shit. Truly making every detail, doing this for months, doesn’t make it a piece of art. It is still, a piece of shit.

Of course there’s no such thing as perfection because us humans are limited in time and ressources. A piece made with all of one’s love and attention can still lack technique and (also for various possible reasons) never get to be known. Such a piece won’t generate money but will have been a great experience for the creator. And i do believe such an effort can, by certain people, be percieved in a seemingly not-so-good piece of art. This would, to me, be the most subtle but objective “proof” of art.

I haven’t read the post twice, but I would also tend to think that art is mathematical. The techniques (ex. for creating a game) are limitless, but as you choose your tools and merge ideas together, there’s always an option you feel is better than the others. That’s because it is logically more compatible with preceding*? ideas. Actually, the type of game you chose to work on in the first place was compatible with your own self “personality”. Then, every idea you get to keep instead of throwing away, is kept because you are sure its nature adds up “mathematicly” and strenghtens your game.

A good creator will always take the time needed to compare new ideas with the rest of his piece to feel if it has its place.

So, since it’s possible to create a video game that does not necessarily require that much costly ressources and tools (it’s not like building technology itself), there’s not much risk of being thrown out of the activity for the rest of your life (ex. from lack of money). So if organised you can put all the time you want on a videogame while still generating money on the side. Without imposing a product *expiry date*? to yourself, you could work on the game until it becomes truly ready and make it a video-game piece of art !

Finaly, I believe you don’t need perfection to have art, but dedication and balance will get you through a path of positive creating experience and result in an undeniable artistic realisation.

Additionally i would assume that even very abstract art has the ability to have some effect of “function” on a specific degree to the people. Is there a barrier between “objective” and “subjective” art?