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If we turn a seascape sideways will the ocean spill?
Perception and Interpretation
Experimentation and Construction
Thoughts and Actions
Memory and Transmission
Art process uses media to explore and compose.
Art product is statement or provocation
Observation and analysis of the natural world might be science
or art.
Observation and analysis of the social world might be sociology
or art.
Observation and analysis of consciousness might [...]

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Humm?

I suppose if one has a blog set up one ought to add to it periodically.
I wonder if anyone actually reads what I write here.
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Stamps’n’Stuff: Postage Stamp Art

Different media and genres can and do coexist. One does not need to out-do, or eradicate all others.
When the studio is dark and cold I work on projects less gooey than oil. One year it was Mattress Art. This year it is stamps.
Collage and doodles are scattered through my journal pages and correspondence. This is an [...]

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Writing Is A Visual Art

When we scrutinize and dissect, sense begins to look a lot like nonsense. And as it does this it informs our ability to begin to decipher how nonsense is constructed, arranged and formulated to appear reasonable. In a world propelled by media this is an important place to begin any discussion.

ʎɔuɐddılɟ puɐ ƃuıddılɟ

˙pǝʇɔǝdxǝun ǝɹɐ ʎǝɥʇ ǝsnɐɔǝq ʇsnɾ unɟ ǝɹɐ sƃuıɥʇ sǝɯıʇǝɯos
˙ǝƃlnpuı ı sıɥʇ ɹoɟ ‘os ˙spɐǝɥ ɹno ɥɔʇɐɹɔs uǝʌǝ ǝqʎɐɯ puɐ ɥƃnɐl sn sǝʞɐɯ puɐ uoıʇuǝʇʇɐ ɹno sǝɥɔʇɐɔ ʇı ʇuǝɯoɯ ɐ ɹoɟ ʇnq ˙ʎlʞɔınb plo ʇǝƃ llıʍ ʇı ˙ʞɔıɹʇ ɐ sı ʇı ˙ƃuıʇıɹʍ uʍop ǝpısdn ǝɥʇ sı ʞǝǝʍ ǝɥʇ ɟo ʞɔıɹʇ ǝʇıɹoʌɐɟ ʎɯ puɐ ˙sǝʇou ǝɯos uǝʇʇıɹʍ [...]

A is for

A is for A
B is for B
1 and 2 is 1 and 2
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Art Moves In A Fifth Dimension

There is certainly a level of uncertainty as to the content of the transmission. This does not make the arts ineffective communication devices; on the contrary, the arts expose the very real confusion inherent in all communication systems.

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Another Day in Paradise

One flower
—was mauled by a banana slug
One flower withered and died
One flower became a weed
One flower survived
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Innovative Thinking Is Learned

Art is a cause, not a result, of creativity.
Saying art is about creativity can harm a comprehensive understanding of art. When we clarify ways of thinking about art we may be able to tap the phenomenal potential that arts provide to learning methods.
The idea of creativity usually evokes the idea of imagination. Imagination may relate [...]

Is Painting Dead?

The term Painting here also relates to Drawing. The point is that it is a mark-making method that directly connects the body, mobilized in conjunction with nerves and brain activity, to the material world, on one end with perception and on the other with a manifested image.

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