Noble Dust

:fire: Probably the thrust of most my posts in Phil of Art threads.

Doesn’t life already feel unending? I don’t remember being born, and I have a hard time imagining not existing.

Sorry, I was out of the loop on this thread so I'm just sort of jumping in on random points. I agree with this, and I think it's essentially the same ...

@"Pinprick" I would throw another wrench in here and amend the term "meaning" in this context to "intention". The intention of cubism is different tha...

So the contest is closed, correct? Looking forward to reading the entries and seeing the turn out.

I agree, and remember a conversation where he actually scoffed at the very concept of wisdom. Granted it's a tricky one. I wish Street no ill will and...

Unchecked hatred and bitterness are what is worst in any public forum anywhere.

I'm not a dog person, but that's a cool pup. Also whenever I hear the terms "dog person" or "cat person" I imagine a person with a dog or cat's head.

Did you know that if you maintain a steady level of hatred and bitterness for long enough, political change will eventually just spontaneously occur? ...

I don't necessarily interpret his point in that way. If art seems lofty it's only because of its emotional intensity. "Lofty" to you might mean "emoti...

Wow. I knew I was missing something, and now I know what I was missing. The chords/rhythms/textures I choose when I make music are in fact very person...

I gotta ask, do we have any way of contacting @"Amity"? I PM'd her awhile back but no dice. This round will be a bit less exciting without her around.

Say , why don't you put your aesthetic musings to work and join in the short story contest as a commentator?

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Isn't @"Hanover" supposed to be giving us a pep talk right about now?

Should have it in tonight or tomorrow. :ok:

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Ok, I think we're probably on the same page about this. Any names?

I don't understand.

What is an alternative role for the artist if she's not a creator?

Don’t worry about it. Sometimes I get butt hurt too quickly, apologies.

Alright. Sorry for assuming otherwise, @"Agent Smith". From my perspective it just looked fishy.

I'd rather understand the chapter because I don't. I don't particularly like your little :snicker: comments that happen from time to time, often direc...

I'm not concerned, I'm wondering why you made some latin joke about "no offense" in regards to Jackson telling me to get lost, and then it and my resp...

What happend @"Agent Smith"?

Haha, I always skip that type of section in museums. Nice silverware and cups are not art, no. Craft appears to be judged more on it's use; art on it'...

If only I had been that clever.

Ah, but Waits is a big baby boy, right? I love him to death, but he's an emotional creature; that's why his music is so important. From my view, his w...

:yikes: Thank you.

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Both? I feel familial love for the both of you, but I can't help but grab the metaphorical popcorn anytime I see the giants collide. :sweat:

Haha, a strange interpretation. His paintings make me feel very calm and generally ok. I had the good fortune of meeting him and seeing some of his wo...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNufijIDD-Q

I love the eternal @"Janus" @"Wayfarer" saga.

I guess I classify useful things by how useful they are. But I'm also not an aesthete when it comes to practical stuff; I know people that love beauti...

Ok, I think I'm starting to get a sense of "craft". Craft seems separate from artistic. For instance, this mid-2015 macbook pro I'm typing on is gener...

Interesting; I like this. So a soulless technical performance is just playing "the right notes" (sorry, hard for me to get outside of music in these d...

That doesn't work either. In your own words, "Bye".

My advice is to contribute more than a sentence at a time. You're clearly well-read, but your post quality is extremely low. Most of us here are posti...

True, but in classical music, for example, interpretation is so key. Especially in what I consider the golden age, the late romantic to early modern p...

Have you even visited America?

I think so.

Woah you just set off a bomb in my brain. Something for another thread.

@"Bitter Crank" As an artist (sorry, I feel like such an asshole when I say that sort of thing), I do a lot of examination of life (I joined this phil...

"It also required vigorous rubbing with a solvent to remove from the face after the bubble had burst." Now that's a story prompt if I've ever heard on...

I like that song, but I don't feel any need to listen to it for my own pleasure (I listened to it just now of course). It's a culturally significant s...

Thinking out loud here (sorry for the spam), I think what's missing is that creativity itself is a skill. Skill isn't just technical competence; the a...

Anyway, the point I was going to make before I went on a rant is that I think even art that appears to not require much skill requires more than you t...

I don't think so. Hampton's "Throne" looks very skillfully made to me (I was unaware of it by the way, thanks for turning me on to it). I get frustrat...

As an artist, skill, craft and technique are crucial to what I do. Skill helps me realize what I want to create. Craft is a bit of a vague word to me,...