3 brief insights in to Deliberate Practice
I’ve had some realizations about Deliberate Practice, I have some tips, observations, etc. |
| First, having a plan works. |
| Second, I have to set a timer. |
Post-Modernism deconstructed everything about art, where does that leave us?
The tricky thing: there are so many bits, that no single artist will be able to pick up all of them. There are so many methods available now, so many ways to make art that have been proven valid, and some of them even contradict each other. Each artist is picking a few different approaches, those that are the most important to them, and doing what they will with them. Reconstructing them in their own personal way. Read more at baddeacondesign.com |
Post-Modern Art - what’s it all about?
The modernists went as far as they could go, they proved the thesis of Modern Art – art didn’t have to have subject matter, it could be a “pure” creation, subject matter and the materials used to make it were one and the same. |
The wall between art and life was brought down. Post-Modern art disassembled the meaning of art, each movement and method unravelled the meaning of art in a different direction. |
There are a whole lot of pieces laying all over the floor now that the post-modernist are through with it. It is the morning after a raging, drunken party, and we wake up, the house is trashed, and we have the mother of all headaches. Read more at baddeacondesign.com |
Irreverent Art History, Part 3
There is a natural limit to abstract art. There is a point at which art cannot be any more abstract, because it is as abstract as is possible with a tube of paint and a canvas. That limit was reached in the 1940s and 1950s, and this was the destination of the Modern Art road. |
Modern Art was a dead end, artists had moved in this direction as far as was possible. Even worse, it was the getting there that was interesting. It isn’t nearly so interesting to stay there. They could either hang out at the end of the pier, or walk back to the shore. Both options are boring. Read more at baddeacondesign.com |
Irreverent Art History, Part 2
This is what Modern Art is all about – art became less and less about the subject matter, and more and more about how the materials were used to depict the subject matter. Eventually, subject matter disappeared entirely. Read more at baddeacondesign.com |
Irreverent Art History Part 1
All this realistic, “highly skilled” type of painting got stale eventually, and by the mid 1800’s in France, paintings were basically softcore porn, with the excuse that they depicted “mythic” or “historical” scenes. But always with naked chicks. |
If you find yourself in Zion, and you aren’t afraid of heights, do this hike. Go all the way to the top. The view is spectacular.
One half of the drawings I whipped through last night, after my 4th 12-hour work day this week. I felt a bit like a zombie.
How many starfish can you save? How many do you want to save? Is it even worth it to save starfish?
