Speaking as someone who's been art and around artists my entire life, let me say that "artsy" people WANT to see art. I know that sounds stupid, but it makes sense if you think about it. Our lives are about our perception of reality. Our perceptions are based on our experience, and our experiences bias our future perceptions. For example, people who do woodwork notice the craftmanship of the chair sitting in the window, while a general passerby might just notice a chair in the window. It's the same with artists - we've been trained to try and define and interpret art for much of our lives, so we're looking for it. When we see a blurry photo, our past experience of definition and interpretation biases our current perception. In other words, we see it as art - not a blurry photo, and somehow - in our eyes - it makes it a better photograph.

My head hurts now. Stop it.