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I never fight this fight, not really. Those who convince themselves that they (or their child) could create something more beautiful or significant than anything by a master like Frankenthaler, who see only 'overpriced blotches of paint', who hold a casual disdain for anything remotely abstract, who associate art with frivolity or effeminacy, are not folks likely to be convinced otherwise, although I've heard enough demands on this thread and elsewhere to somehow justify the value of art, either in terms of money or regard. I blame the public schools, at least in part. Every child should be taught that art--making it or experiencing it--gives life greater depth and richness, and sometimes opens the door to a new view of the world. It is a poor man who can walk away unaffected from paintings by artists like, say, Kandinsky or Modigliani. Or Frankenthaler.