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Started by Gregory, April 02, 2020, 10:12:11 AM

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Baruch

Ha’át’íísh baa naniná?
Azee’ Å,a’ish nanídį́į́h?
Táadoo ánít’iní.
What are you doing?
Are you taking any medications?
Don't do that.

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

"My faith in the Constitution is whole, it is complete, it is total, and I am not going to sit here and be an idle spectator to the diminution, the subversion, the destruction of the Constitution." -- Barbara Jordan

Baruch

Ha’át’íísh baa naniná?
Azee’ Å,a’ish nanídį́į́h?
Táadoo ánít’iní.
What are you doing?
Are you taking any medications?
Don't do that.

Gregory

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

trdsf

Quote from: Gregory on April 04, 2020, 03:52:37 PM
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.
"My faith in the Constitution is whole, it is complete, it is total, and I am not going to sit here and be an idle spectator to the diminution, the subversion, the destruction of the Constitution." -- Barbara Jordan

Baruch

Quote from: trdsf on April 04, 2020, 04:00:00 PM
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.
Ha’át’íísh baa naniná?
Azee’ Å,a’ish nanídį́į́h?
Táadoo ánít’iní.
What are you doing?
Are you taking any medications?
Don't do that.

Baruch

"Beethoven's music is Beethoven speaking to God. Mozart's music is God speaking to Mozart." - Anonymous
Ha’át’íísh baa naniná?
Azee’ Å,a’ish nanídį́į́h?
Táadoo ánít’iní.
What are you doing?
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Don't do that.

Gregory

Philosophy is the enemy of art.

Baruch

Quote from: Gregory on April 06, 2020, 12:01:50 AM
Philosophy is the enemy of art.

Yes, it is overthinking.  Art is primarily EQ, not IQ.
Ha’át’íísh baa naniná?
Azee’ Å,a’ish nanídį́į́h?
Táadoo ánít’iní.
What are you doing?
Are you taking any medications?
Don't do that.

Gregory

Art can be emotive but never sentimental.

Baruch

Quote from: Gregory on April 06, 2020, 01:06:23 AM
Art can be emotive but never sentimental.

Good art maybe shouldn't be sentimental, or is that just being misogynist?
Ha’át’íísh baa naniná?
Azee’ Å,a’ish nanídį́į́h?
Táadoo ánít’iní.
What are you doing?
Are you taking any medications?
Don't do that.