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MatterGauge

['Member']Joined: November 01, 2021 at 05:57Last active: June 01, 2022 at 18:50None discussions14 comments

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Ah! You mean like a skull being the symbol of vanity? And speaking of music, there is a simple transition from tones in the theme of Interstellar, tha...
November 01, 2021 at 11:46
Can you give an example of the symbols you have in mind? Do you have a specific set of symbols in mind? A dadaist, being against all programmed art, h...
November 01, 2021 at 11:17
I think the writer disagrees. He wants to express a view or feeling or thought. He can do that by yelling in public or by using written words. Both fo...
November 01, 2021 at 11:00
Doesn't this mean the writer has put meaning in his art? Like any artist has, for that matter?
November 01, 2021 at 10:56
I think modern mass media have their influence (though it's mainly quantitative). Maybe even gossip and knowledge about the artist. Banksy tried to se...
November 01, 2021 at 10:52
The writer is his own reader, the very first reader. The symbols can be compared with any symbols in visual art. There are a lot of different language...
November 01, 2021 at 10:34
Don't you think the writer does the same?
November 01, 2021 at 10:23
That's a very difficult one. There is a thread here, on art and its relation to information theory: "the definition of art": https://thephilosophyforu...
November 01, 2021 at 10:21
Longfellow: If thou art worn and hard beset By troubles that thou wouldst forget If thou wouldst read a lesson that would keep Thy heart from fainting...
November 01, 2021 at 10:02
That would be a very sane decision. I'm not saying that to be contrary, but it depends totally on how you view the phone. I once saw an English member...
November 01, 2021 at 09:25
I had many talks with people who are specialized, so-called. Mainly they asked me questions about my relations to other people and they even asked me ...
November 01, 2021 at 06:45
I could be the impact of power also.
November 01, 2021 at 06:30
I had a depression many times. Felt the same detachment from Nature. The society we live in only stimulates this feeling. What a world we live in... A...
November 01, 2021 at 06:20
The big bang needed a whole lot of energy to happen. A negative gravitational energy. It pushed matter away from each other, in the blink of a blink o...
November 01, 2021 at 06:14