"Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything that is beautiful, for beauty is God's handwriting -- a wayside sacrament. Welcome it in every fair face, in every fair sky, in every flower, and thank God for it as a cup of blessing." - Ralph Waldo Emerson "Art does not reproduce what...
Another thing I tried to do whenever it was possible was to talk to the locals. Many people in the Palouse have farmed the land for generations. Their stories make the photographs come to life. Take the time to speak with them and get to know them. This brings me to a point that I ...
David:Yeah, that’s beautifully said. I think that if, on what you’re talking about right now is technology, as it manifests in creativity, in art and beauty and genius in what Arthur C. Clark said that any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. And then on the...
Before the Virgin of the Rocks the visitor to the National Gallery ould be encouraged by nearly everything he might have heard and read about the painting to feel something like this: 'I am in front of it. I can see it. This painting by Leonardo is unlike any other in the world. The...
beauty in Dillard’s view ofnatureis created through her meticulous perception and she points out simple aspects of the world that most people usually take for granted in their every day lives such as being able to see the flying insects in the air. In readingAnnie Dillard’s essay on ...
‘what happens, happens to our bodies,’ just as Wittgenstein registered experiences of beauty in his teeth and gums: ‘a visual event may reproduce itself in the realm of touch,’ the effect of which is a radical decentering. According to Weil, according to Scarry, beauty requires us ‘to...
Gen Z is redefining beauty standards on platforms like Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube, where 73% spend more than three hours daily, according to Later’s 2024 research. By 2025, Gen Z will make up 27% of the global workforce, bringing more economic and cultural influence than ever. As...
You’re doing the right thing in the long term, my beauty.) I say all that while still recommending the read to the very limited audience for which it was created. Well, I say it more detail and hopefully more clarity in the second half of the review. You can decide for yourself my...
Unfortunately, when images from the past are presented as works of art, their meanings are obscured (mystified) by learnt assumptions such as beauty, truth, form etc. Our understanding of history will 2 John Berger, Ways of Seeing CHAPTER1 always change as we change. However, this cultural ...
No doubt I’ll need to buy a shedload of gin as compensation for publishing this little beauty. Back in the day when I was a hard-up student, I decided to put my dressmaking skills learned at school to good use. As I was so dire in the cookery class my harassed teacher had been ...