em·pa·thy, noun
the ability to understand and share the feelings of another.
com·pas·sion (etymology)
Origin
Middle English: via Old French from ecclesiastical Latin compassio(n-), from compati ‘suffer with.’
Do you see the connection, Richard? If you have empathy for other individuals, you will rejoice with them when they rejoice and you will suffer with them when they suffer.
Saturday, October 28, 2017
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Friday, October 20, 2017
Sunday, October 15, 2017
Art Appreciation
On appreciating art:
Does art have to be difficult to be considered legitimate art? Make it obscure and they, the critics, will proclaim its greatness. It kind of reminds me of the emperor’s new clothes. I don’t get it but I don’t want anybody to know that I don’t get it so I will act as if it is the cleverest thing in the world. – Maybe the question to be asked would better be, “What is creativity?” Is it possible that he might have been trying to express the spontaneity of childhood? That’s one thing that I take from it whether that is what he intended or not.
How one appreciates art depends on what one brings to the art that is being considered. – Often art speaks to observers in ways that the creator never intended. Does that make their assessment of the art incorrect? What is art? Who is an artist and who isn’t? It seems that we appreciate those whose craft is something that we cannot easily attain. Is Michelangelo’s statue of David art or is it craft? What elevates it from mere craft to art?
I may not be able to muster up any appreciation for a certain piece of art but I should know enough about the art to appreciate the craft. -color composition texture depiction – know the artist as much as is possible – know the artist’s intentions in so far as is possible…
Creativity can be problem-solving or it can be childlike play, or it can be both. I must choose what medium allows me to best express that which I am trying to express. Each medium will allow somewhat different expression or radically different expression.
Art is determined solely by fashion
Creativity is personal and is based on the choices that are available to the creator…
My creations may never achieve the status of art but they may be more creative than many things that have.
Does art have to be difficult to be considered legitimate art? Make it obscure and they, the critics, will proclaim its greatness. It kind of reminds me of the emperor’s new clothes. I don’t get it but I don’t want anybody to know that I don’t get it so I will act as if it is the cleverest thing in the world. – Maybe the question to be asked would better be, “What is creativity?” Is it possible that he might have been trying to express the spontaneity of childhood? That’s one thing that I take from it whether that is what he intended or not.
How one appreciates art depends on what one brings to the art that is being considered. – Often art speaks to observers in ways that the creator never intended. Does that make their assessment of the art incorrect? What is art? Who is an artist and who isn’t? It seems that we appreciate those whose craft is something that we cannot easily attain. Is Michelangelo’s statue of David art or is it craft? What elevates it from mere craft to art?
I may not be able to muster up any appreciation for a certain piece of art but I should know enough about the art to appreciate the craft. -color composition texture depiction – know the artist as much as is possible – know the artist’s intentions in so far as is possible…
Creativity can be problem-solving or it can be childlike play, or it can be both. I must choose what medium allows me to best express that which I am trying to express. Each medium will allow somewhat different expression or radically different expression.
Art is determined solely by fashion
Creativity is personal and is based on the choices that are available to the creator…
My creations may never achieve the status of art but they may be more creative than many things that have.
Saturday, October 7, 2017
alert
This is a test, only a test. Had this been a real emergency, you would have been notified in some other way.
Thursday, October 5, 2017
Making Peace
When you are at peace with yourself, you add that peace to the peace in the world. — T.J.Grey
Wednesday, October 4, 2017
Commitment
To what can I give my life? What should I be doing? What gives me lite? — These are questions that I'm too tired to answer right now. — T. J. Grey
Verse 7
Someone who is full refuses honey,
but anything bitter tastes sweet to a hungry person.
Proverbs
27 verse 7 CEB translation
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