What is art?

I realized this morning that the "existential" portion of this blog has been a bit lacking, except perhaps for the cow. I like cows. Especially the chocolate cow in a chocolate field by a chocolate stream...the one that gives chocolate milk. No. It does. I saw it on the television and it has to actually be true.

I do not like to drink chocolate milk for a number of reasons, including the insightful commentary by Sandra Boynton that it (like chocolate ice cream) does not actually taste like chocolate. However, my extensive research (read: "Google") reminds me of another "chocolate cow" phenomenon...a popular 1980's drink.

My brother and I once had a rather heated falling out over the meaning of art at Christmas brunch in the early 1990's. At least, I do remember him screaming, cursing and storming away from a plate that still held bacon. That was a pretty strong measure of the seriousness of the situation. Tony, like Jeffrey Steingarten, is of the opinion that bacon is a food that always improves everything.

I do not remember what we were actually arguing about.

images: Yoo Hoo, owner of the Chocolate Cow drink popular in the 1980's public domain image from Wikipedia.