If audiences are free to interpret the question as they will, then the question is meaningless; nothing more than a thin veneer of sophistication draped over a roiling sea of unending madness.
What if I will to 'interpret' the question as meaning "is art a basketball"? "Can an apple be a man's face?" "Why is a raven like a writing desk?" If you ask "is art gay?", and I will your question to mean "which is the better metal band, Ladybaby or Babymetal?", then launch into a six paragraph long essay on the respective merits of the two bands, I imagine you would be rather dissatisfied with my answer, yes?
Surely, we need
some agreed upon criteria - some universal standard against which we can measure our answers - beyond just "interpret as you will". Otherwise, everyone is free to say "art is gay" or "art is TERFtastic" or "Ladybaby is the best because they never worked with Dragonforce", and these answers will all be equally valid, equally nonsensical.
If the question we've been asked is arbitrary, and the answers we give are nonsense, then what's the point of even having the conversation in the first place?
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"Because it's fun and it brings us joy"?