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Artistic, musical, creative, and entertaining topics of art about all things geek.
The L Word's Bette Porter Art Lesson
It's been a while since I became aware of the possibilities of living with ADHD and dyslexia in some form (undiagnosed, so I'm not sure). I enjoy thinking, reading, and writing. But I'm having a hard time with it. It's difficult to concentrate without the words springing to life and dancing the samba right before my eyes. However, I've always felt like I had a means to express myself, even if it was just in a passive way: art. Admiring art in particular.
By Avocado Nunzella BSc (Psych) -- M.A.P 4 years ago in Geeks
The Art of Natalie Galindo
The Art of Natalie Galindo *** What is Art? Art has been philosophized through time, by artists and viewers, by civilizations and cultures, beyond many interpretations, countless systems of value and diverse critical analysis. Although there may be too many ways to define it, interpret it, and even frame their multiple meanings, there are constants which submerge from our awareness; objective factors that we mark with our subjective understanding in order to progress into the future of our creations.
By Facundo Raganato4 years ago in Geeks
The Fascinating Iconography of Vesica Piscis
Vesica piscis is considered to be a sacred symbol that is made of the intersection of two circles of the same radius and the center of each circle lies on the circumference of the other. The exact origin of the symbol is unknown but the symbol prominently originated from Pythagorean history traversed to Christian iconography and evolved in several modern architectures.
By Kamna Kirti4 years ago in Geeks
The Woman Who Was a Muse to Nietzsche, Rilke, and Freud
In an era when women of geniuses were not given exposure to showcase their talent or intellect, Lou Andreas-Salomé was one such woman who broke conventional barriers and carved her own journey. She was the first female psychoanalyst in the world and a lady philosopher of the 19th century when women were neither expected nor allowed to study philosophy.
By Kamna Kirti4 years ago in Geeks
5 Famous Artists Who Camouflaged Themselves in Their Own Paintings. Top Story - September 2021.
Before impressionism and modernism took over, artists were never keen to draw their self-portraits. Unlike Rembrandt, Van Gogh, Picasso, or Frida Kahlo who had a panache to feature themselves in their own canvasses, the 16 & 17th-century artists never took the spotlight. Rather, they camouflaged their identity within the paintings - almost like a signature to endorse the artwork. Sometimes, artists deliberately used this technique to convey complex narratives which they could never portray since most of these artworks were commissioned by patrons with a different ideology or by the iron-handed church.
By Kamna Kirti4 years ago in Geeks
5 Love Paintings You Should Not Miss
For even as love crowns you so shall he crucify you. - An excerpt from the poem On Love by Kahlil Gibran Personally, I have been blessed in relationships and love; but I do agree with this quote. In fact, I would strongly recommend checking out the complete poem if you haven't.
By Kamna Kirti5 years ago in Geeks
The Vatican Doesn't Want You To Know About This Gay Romance
Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni was born more than five centuries ago, 6 March 1475 to be exact. As a young man, he was a magnificent block of marble that was throughout his life broken down steadily by people around him. First the pope and the church, next by his thievious assistants and finally by his own flaming love for young men.
By Kamna Kirti5 years ago in Geeks
"Pass Over"
"Pass Over" "This One Can Be Passed Up" Robert Massimi. A show like "Pass Over" should be played off off Broadway and not at the August Wilson Theater on Broadway. One of the many problems with this play is that it goes nowhere; it never really challenges us and it surely doesn't move us one way or the other, it more or less floats in the rarified atmosphere. The shows premise is two young men from Chicago living in the hood waiting for their lives to change. The problem with its two characters is that Moses (Jon Michael Hill) and Kitch (Namir Small Wood) do nothing to help themselves. When you add bland direction by Danya Taymour into the mix, the play goes downhill fast. In "Pass Over" Taymour never has the audience feeling any empathy for the two characters, we only see two men who want to get off the block and into the promised land, however, they never discuss any plans nor dreams other than their top ten list as to what they would do if they could.
By Robert M Massimi. ( Broadway Bob).5 years ago in Geeks
Animation, Arts, and Characters
Whenever we think about animation the first few things that come to our mind are Mickey mouse, Tom and Jerry, spiderman, and many more. Do you know the animation movie that we enjoy now was not the same previously? The animation artist used to draw every scene with their hands. Creating animation is an art and the most important in this art is your character. If you are an animation creator, you have a world of your own, you are the owner and you are going to put life into your character and that world, this world is going to revolve as you want, it’s all your imagination and you are the creator. This feeling is great, isn’t it?
By dhroov nanda5 years ago in Geeks
The Joy of Painting-Masterpiece painting of Modern Period
Bob Ross's work is described - in contrast to famous artists - as "an art exploration service" - a cross between fine art and entertainment - things that are also sought after by regular fans of The Joy of Painting - unlike wealthy collectors. Big auction houses have never sold any of Bob Ross's paintings, and Bob Ross, Inc. is still the owner of many of his paintings in The Joy of Painting because he argues that his work has been turned into a financial tool. One episode serves as a visual reference to one of Ross's completed paintings of happiness, while a third is used in his book.
By Rashmi Dahal5 years ago in Geeks
The Sleeping Gypsy, by Henri Rousseau
Henri Rousseau (1844-1910) was a largely self-taught French artist whose work was highly distinctive and very different from that of his contemporaries, particularly the Impressionists. There are elements in Rousseau’s work that are a foretaste of Dadaism and Surrealism, and he was greatly admired, late in his career, by artists such as Braque and Picasso.
By John Welford5 years ago in Geeks
