augmented reality?
must I ascribe meaning to every speck of dust that captures my eye? sometimes, it’s nothing more than an aesthetically pleasing bit of dust.
random twig
sky
window.
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I know it’s been a little while since I’ve posted on here … Some day I’ll get back to it I swear. In the meantime, here’s at least part of the reason. We’ve got a lot going on with my startup. Check out our crowdfunding campaign and chip in a few bucks if you want. :)
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When I moved to Brooklyn in the summer of ‘94, I had already learned everything I needed to know from MCA
reflections
After spending the afternoon wandering through the Rosengart museum’s great collection of artwork by Picasso and Klee, a few things come to my mind.
First, that I am always amazed at how so much more civilized European culture can be from that of the States. I’m not talking about their appreciation for the fine arts. Actually, the crowds were quite small at all of the museums in Luzern, and many of the Swiss people that I know do not realize that Klee is debateably the single most influential artist of the 20th century. I’m talking about the fact that in a major city (albeit low permanent population, but a high transient population), there is about as much security on a massively expensive public art gallery as there is on a private home. The vandalism and disrespect for public property that we expect in the US is not even considered over here.
Second, that I have some work to do before I can claim to have created a masterpiece
Third, that it’s actually realistic for me to believe that I still have time to do this. Unlike most artforms where the public perception is that if you haven’t produced a masterpiece by age 30 it’s all downhill, visual artists seem to get almost universally better with age. Personally, I find Picasso’s early works and the more conceptual cubist period to be somewhat boring, and it’s not until the works he made in the late 50’s (When he was in his 70’s) that I find his work to be clearly great. Klee, it seems was rather inconsistent at best before 1919 (when he turned 40) and then entered the prime of his artistic career.
It’s not as if this doesn’t make sense. Art is about communicating life experiences, and the more that one has, the better. What is strange is that we believe that artists go downhill after thirty in music, literature, and now entrepreneurship. Perhaps it’s the media driven culture that we’re in where we are constantly trying to push out the old, and in doing so favor those artists who embody youth. I think in doing this we’re missing something great because those who have more life behind them can synthesize their years of experience to create something truly new. From now on I will be searching out new works by the elders in music and literature in order to find inspiration and perspectives that the mainstream has overlooked.
swiss swan
lion
bridge at night
florida
intercoastal fun
