What Is Art

I work in insurance
which is stereotypical in its dryness

in its uniformity

in its corporatization

which is not unjust

but even so

in the execution of my duties

there is a beauty in faultlessly executed documentation

nuance and language working together in a logical fashion

to demonstrate intent, to codify utility

yes, fundamentally, this is a cut-and-try exchange

of goods-and-services, and yet

if done with integrity, if done with expertise

with a purity of motive

the process is not only professional but creative

and the result goes beyond a contract, goes beyond simple product

in it there is artistry

because it is in everything, because it is not the thing itself

it is how a thing is done and who is doing it and what that person puts into it

in anything that requires effort 

there is the mark of humanity behind it.