Painting 4 is the only one that has an interesting combination of line, shape, tone, colour and space.
The other three are terrible.
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January 23rd, 2013, 7:10 am
December 11th, 2012, 6:51 pm
Well said. : )
December 11th, 2012, 3:00 pm
If you were a painter or artist in this contemporary world of post - conceptual, ironic non-art, what would your subject matter be? Could you make a sincere artistic statement? How would you make art about a pertinent issue without making it overstated? Which artists do you feel have got it right ov...
December 9th, 2012, 6:42 pm
Yes, but then could the 'avant garde' not be said to be an intellectual structure as you put it?
December 9th, 2012, 4:33 pm
What are the similarities and differences between post-structuralism and post-modernism? Why are they sometimes confused or conflated? Are they both outdated now and if so, what has replaced them as the current academic ism?
Apologies if this topic has been done to death elsewhere.
walker 44444
Apologies if this topic has been done to death elsewhere.
walker 44444
October 8th, 2012, 2:53 pm
'Glengarry, Glenross.' A movie based on a play by David Mamet. Very atmospheric movie of a group of macho real estate salesmen rubbing each other up the wrong way. The first time I saw it I just rewound the video and watched it again there and then...
October 1st, 2012, 2:24 pm
Mudora wrote:(Nested quote removed.)
Now I've said three times that I'm going to create as much happiness and stop as much misery as I can for as long into the future as I can while searching for my ultimate purpose. I don't understand at all what you mean by "Did you consider that the absolute is not being until it accomplishes itself?", sorry.
-- Updated September 23rd, 2012, 9:20 pm to add the following --
(Nested quote removed.)
I have my time and imagination. I am void of feeling like the purpose I have chosen thus far is really worth a damn. My credentials are a willingness to learn, an odd sort of dedication that waxes and wanes but for the most part if I feel like I'm being properly utilized I will make it my entire life. I'm 21 so I have a lot of life to dedicate if it happens to be a long ongoing task. Basically what I'm saying is, I have no credentials, I have only my potential, which is what I'm trying to figure out how to use.
Lastly, and this is really not important, my name is Mudora, not Modura.
Methinks your purpose should be to move beyond your whiny ego and become mindful of the tricks it plays on you.
Study mindfulness and Buddhism. 'A New Earth' by Eckhart Tolle might be a good place to begin.
July 18th, 2012, 10:24 am
Thanks for the answers so far.
Is there not a sense (perhaps in Buddhist thought) where human existence can be seen as an abstract because we are only a temporary amalgamation of atoms which will eventually dissipate and form something else?
Or is this completely off the mark?
Is there not a sense (perhaps in Buddhist thought) where human existence can be seen as an abstract because we are only a temporary amalgamation of atoms which will eventually dissipate and form something else?
Or is this completely off the mark?
July 18th, 2012, 6:11 am
Help needed - thanks in advance I have a pompous ass doctor at work who is very fond of claiming that 'time is an abstract concept' whenever anyone mentions reallocating time / duties, etc. Yes, I'm aware that time is an mental construct that we human's have imposed on a set of phenomena in order to...
April 6th, 2012, 12:45 pm
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April 6th, 2012, 12:37 pm
A Poster He or I wrote:Scott,
I saw the movie while it was still in theatres, and I posted my comments on it in the Atlas Shrugged Book-of-the-Month thread. Since I was a Randian Objectivist from about age 19 through 22, I read Atlas Shrugged and just about everything else by Rand, including every one of her newsletters. Decades have past, and my beliefs nowadays are almost 180 degrees opposed to Rand's, but I was still very interested to see how a movie handled the material.
What would you say were the main factors / influences for your change of beliefs?
March 31st, 2012, 4:24 am
Martian Visitor wrote:Martian Visitor wrote:
Semantics is meaning. Are you really not interested in the meaning of what is being said to you?Walker44444 wrote:
Of course I am, just not in this instance.
Then I don't think your question is fit to appear in our philosophical discussion, in the General Philosophy section. I think I'll report your post. Nothing personal.
Splendid. Well done you.
March 28th, 2012, 2:22 pm
(quote not shown) Semantics is meaning. Are you really not interested in the meaning of what is being said to you? [quote] Of course I am, just not in this instance. I'm interested in what people's experiences and views are on meditation, not the pedantic semantics of my use of the word 'work', whic...
March 26th, 2012, 1:48 pm
Spectrum wrote:Meditation does work.
There are a lot of researches that proved meditation does work.
To do meditation effectively, one must thoroughly understand why one should be doing it.
If one meditates for some specific purpose, e.g. peace of mind, happiness, extra-ordinary experiences, etc. then it may not be effective and one will give up when the above expectations do not materialize or there are negative effects.
The caution is different people has different mental set up and physical conditions, as such, meditations exercises may have different effect on different people. Not everyone can meditate, and care should be taken if one has some kind of mental illness.
There are many approaches to meditation and for some, one need not be religious or spiritual at all.
IMO, the most effective approach and system is that of the Buddhist's Four Noble Truth (4NT) and Eight Fold Path. Meditation is one element of the 8 Fold Paths. In this case, meditation is part of a larger system of life rather than striving for some partial purposes. Inevitably while putting meditation within a larger framework of life, the side benefits of peace, emotionally balanced, and various experiences will manifest but these should not be pursued, rather one let it be spontaneous and natural.
In general, there are two main types of meditation, i.e. concentration and mindfulness. One need to practice both.
Concentration is necessary for effective mindfulness, and vice-versa.
The 'purpose' of the 4NT is to enable the efficiency modulation of the negatives in life based on the 8FPs in which meditation is one of the path. Whilst not mentioned, it is implied, when one is able to modulate the negatives of life, the positives will spontaneously manifest.
Here is one partial benefit.
Meditation beats dance for harmonizing body and mind
http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/02/ ... ion-dance/
Meditation itself should be 'effortless' but one need effort and discipline to set aside time for regular practice. (there are exceptions of sudden awakenings). To be effective, one need to put meditation in the framework and perspective of life.
Bottom line is, new and relevant neural connectivities via the exercises must be established for meditation to be effective.
An excellent straightforward answer - and all without discussion of semantics. What a relief!
March 26th, 2012, 5:40 am
Scott wrote:Work at what? The question seems to me to be meaninglessly unanswerable without such clarification.
Does meditation work?
What does it work at?
Where does it work?
When does it work?
How does it work?
Why does it work?
What does work mean in a meditational context?
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