Art at its broadest

McCloud give a definition of his idea of art:

"Art, as I see it, is any human activity which doesn't grow out of either of our species' two basic instincts: survival and reproduction (164)."

Is that to say that a senseless act of murder is then an artistic gesture? Is that to say that rock bands forming simply to bag easy women cannot create art? It's true that art is all around, and many forms are often unappreciated, but I think there are some more guidelines than what was given.

Back to rock bands and easy lays, isn't reproduction, however subconscious, a huge part of art? The entire 'muse' system is based upon sexual desire. He/she inspires the artist to create beautiful songs, paintings, furniture, etc. Orchestral compositions, portraits, "Delilah" by the Plain White T's, these are all expressions of emotions and love. And what is love but an abstract notion applied to wanting to bang...which in turn is our evolutionary instinct to constantly want to procreate.

Plus, if you want to talk about comics, it seems that artists think about reproduction to a totally creepy degree. You don't have to look further than...

etc. to see that maybe those urges inspire a lot of creative work. Infer double entendre's as you see fit. But seriously, doing academic research on the X-Men led me to some really uncomfortable artwork...