We have this very strange narrow definition in our minds of what counts as art.

The way we seem to conceptualize it is something that is only able to be done by a very small number of people.

And they have to do it with very strange and arcane or expensive tools that they have to be trained to use properly.

But they also have to have this magical spark you can't quite put your finger on.

And you have to either have that spark or you don't, and you have no control over that.

You just have to hope that you're one of the people that has it.

Which makes it very easy for people to think, well, I'm definitely not an artist.

When the truth of it is we're all doing art all the time.

When you imagine a piece of art, you might think of a painting on a big canvas or a ceramic sculpture.

It may be mounted in a frame hanging in your living room, or maybe it's in a gallery with white walls and dramatic lighting.

Today's guest David Zinn has made a career challenging that exact idea of art.

You can't find David's work in a museum, and you can't purchase an original to hang in your home.

You can only find David's drawings outside, in the cracks of the sidewalk, on a brick wall, or at the base of a fire hydrant.

I'm Shelby Stanger, and this is wild ideas worth living.

David Zinn is a street artist based in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

His chalk compositions are found in the nooks and crannies of urban life.

He uses features of the street scape to draw funny little creatures.

The lines of the sidewalk become a tightrope for a rabbit to balance on.

A sprinkler head becomes the eye of a frog.

A pine cone becomes the tail of a cat.

David started his career as an artist creating commercial illustrations,

think textbooks, posters, and logos.

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