response to aurora's response to DKJ

question(s): was the woman singing in haiti an artist? if not, what if her singing was recorded and released?

The woman in Haiti was expressing her grief through song. Was she singing to let others know of her sorrow? Was it meant for them, for commiseration and sympathy? If we look at art as a means of communication of emotion to another person or people, then yes, the singer conveyed the emotion of distress and misery to her neighbors.

But what if she was singing only for herself? The people in proximity heard her song and recognized its emotion and beauty, but maybe the "artist" never meant for this recognition, for an audience.

Is pure self-expression art? What if the artist did not mean for any emotional communication to care, was singing for herself? Must we be singing or drawing or dancing for someone in order for our actions/creations/expressions to be "art?"