All art is...?

[Baruch]

Improvisation is learnt.

Self taught, specifically.  A dramatization ...



Done while you watch ...

[Gregory]

For Plato, darkness was the absence of God or genius.

[Gregory]

I like Michelangelo's David but I like his Pieta better.

[Gregory]

"Only from the heart can you touch the sky." - Rumi

Only from the mind are we grounded.

[Gregory]

Art is what you do, not say.

[trdsf]

Is creating art like printing money?

It is if you're J.S.G. Boggs.

[Baruch]

Art is what you do, not say.

Cicero would disagree.

[Gregory]

Art is a level above reality, and the rest is craft.

[trdsf]

Art is a level above reality, and the rest is craft.

There is no level above reality.  Art is a novel way to look at reality.

[Baruch]

There is no level above reality.  Art is a novel way to look at reality.

There is no metaphysics.  Music is just random notes that stupid people impute beauty/ugliness to.

[Baruch]

"Beethoven's music is Beethoven speaking to God. Mozart's music is God speaking to Mozart." - Anonymous

[Gregory]

Philosophy is the enemy of art.

[Baruch]

Philosophy is the enemy of art.

Yes, it is overthinking.  Art is primarily EQ, not IQ.

[Gregory]

Art can be emotive but never sentimental.

[Baruch]

Art can be emotive but never sentimental.

Good art maybe shouldn't be sentimental, or is that just being misogynist?