u/LowAgreeable3328

This question has been ringing in my head for the past couple of days and I wonder what it means to be an "Artist." Is it a person who likes to create? A person conveying their mind onto a canvas? Artist are described as people who use imagination and skill to invoke emotion or convey ideas, but if there is no acknowledgement of meaning, emotion, or idea then what does it mean to be an artist? When I say acknowledgment I don't just mean social acknowledgment, but I mean the creator's own acknowledgment of their creation. If there is no acknowledgment at all anywhere, then what does that make an artist? And does that make their mindless creation less of an art?