The artist in all of us

What makes you an artist? Is it a degree? A gallery showing? Or is it because you have made a career out of it? Some of the most artistic people I've known have no degree, have never had thier work shown publicly and have never sold a piece. My paternal grandfather was an "artist". He taught art at the university level in Toronto and did a lot of work for different architectual firms. My mother can sketch the most beautiful pieces in minutes and I've done my fair share of creations myself. My daughter can learn any drum beat instantly and my little sister has her own artsy way about her. So I guess you could say I come from a family of artists but if you ask any of them (except my grandfather who has passed) they would shrug and say "noooo I just do it for fun". Well I want to be the first to acknowledge all those artists out there who are NOT world renowned, who are not making a living off thier gift and who are selling themselves short. Art is all interperatation, it's what makes life interesting and beautiful. I wouldn't want to live in a world without art in every form.