Less-than-zero

Before I start;  Many words have already been wasted elsewhere on the argument "what is Art?" - rather than trying to redefine Art (which I suspect would be beyond me in any case) I'll skip neatly over that tripwire and assume that for the purposes of this manifesto at the very least we can all agree that, whatever it is, Art exists. I do not pretend to be a great artist - which is fortunate because I am not one and I'd look pretty foolish in the pretence. However I don't see why any shortcomings in my ability or lack of a definition of Art should be a barrier to addressing what I consider to be the divide between what Art should be and what