KID:
Hey Theo, why’s there a toilet in an art museum?

TEEN:
This is art.

KID:
What? How is a skibidi toilet art? It’s not even a nice toilet. Look at all these splotches of paint!

TEEN:
You know art doesn’t have to be beautiful, Blake. Art can be gross and funny and strange! Besides, this guy, I think his name was Robert Arneson. He actually made this toilet himself out of clay.

KID:
Well, why did he do that?

TEEN:
Maybe he wanted to break the rules– do something different that he hadn’t seen before.

KID:
Well, what if I made art that looked like the donut I had this morning?

TEEN:
Well… maybe you could! If this guy made a toilet into art, then maybe art can be anything. Your donut… a lamp…

KID:
A donut?! That’s not art!

TEEN:
It could be! The great thing about being an artist is that you can make whatever you want. You get to decide.

KID:
Wow I always thought art was such a big deal. Like paintings and stuff.

TEEN:
It can be if you want it to be. But I think that’s what this guy is trying to show us with his artsy toilet. It doesn’t all have to be serious.

KID:
Yeah, I guess I never thought about it like that.

TEEN:
Yeah, it’s a pretty cool way to think about art. Hey, speaking of funny things to see in art museums, I heard this guy also made a giant swimming pool out of clay. You wanna go find it?

KID:
Yeah, let’s go!