Is it art

With all the tools available in digital photography. Which do you use,or feel is appropriate. I'm excluding contests, and certain public publication, scientific use and such. Im talking about for personal use. Do you try to creat art, or a vision, and does that put limits on your work. I refer to essays by alan briot reflections on art and photography, at luminous-landscape .com

I'd also recomend reading all his essay columns