The debate over the difference between art and porn has gone on for decades, centuries even, which kind of mystifies us because the answer is simplicity itself. Porn is a kind of art created to depict sexual subjects and themes, whereas art is created to depict a perfect world. Whatever the artist's or the pornographer's particular view of the world or sex is irrelevant. Porn can be anything from a woman taking sexual pleasure in displaying herself to depictions of actual copulation. And art can be anything from a child's drawing to Michelangelo's David. Nudity is NEVER a determining factor in classifying a work as porn or art. Only sex is. If sex is depicted, then it's porn. If not, then it's art. A simple rule of thumb is: is the depicted person visibly thinking about sex? If they are then it's probably porn; if not, it's art.
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