Hello Everyone, Please pardon the self-promotion but I thought I'd share the Kickstarter campaign for my film about mothers who are artists. Contributions are certainly welcome but more than anyt...
Nothin' like a proper road-trip; I am jealous. Wish you guys a great time, discovering some great stories. “If we find poetry in the service station and motel, if we are drawn to the airport or...
I haven't read Wilson's book but just based on personal experience I have a very hard time enjoying Celine Dione's music. Maybe this is due to hipster bias. Not sure. I like to think it's because...
https://littlebrownmushroom.wordpress.com/2012/08/03/should-art-taste-good/#comment-7111
corriere della sera has published a two spread infographic on 90 painters from 1200 to 2000 and at what age the did their most well known works, what color, size of paintings...in italian. have a...
Interesting!!!???!!!!
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I think that art gives the viewer whatever they take from it. It seems more of a reaction to the art rather than a specific desire from the artist to do this or that. Different people react in su...
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I've just read this para about the Edinburgh Internation Film Festival on the Frieze blog: "Cinema here transcended sheer entertainment. When I spoke with Fujiwara previously he agreed on those ...
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I couldn't help reading the Salman Rushdie quote and thinking it was a bit self congratulatory - I mean, one of his books made him the object of a fatwa. I'm not convinced that's necessarily revo...
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Art is emotion. There's no litmus test, algorithm or official list that can document, beyond all doubt, that the thing you are looking at is bona fide art. If it stirs some emotion in you -- it's...
https://littlebrownmushroom.wordpress.com/2012/08/03/should-art-taste-good/#comment-7019
I do agree with most of what you said, but not all 'good tasting food' is in fact good for you. Same with art I would say. It might 'taste good' but some of it just doesn't nurture as much as oth...
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