Category Archives: Art in the world

F is for Fail

A big fat greasy red F…. no no – a great video about typography and words and creation. Glad someone sent me via facebook to see his other piece about Typography and the five senses.

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What is an artist?

“I think of myself as an artist. I think the job of an artist is to portray what’s true for you, the artist. And, very often, what’s true for me is true in some way for other people too.” Bruce … Continue reading →

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Robert Genn on defining art

From Robert Genn’s newsletter Art establishes and makes tangible a time, a place, a thought, an idea. Art, properly made, enhances and enriches the lives of others. Art gives an opportunity to endow new life and new meaning into the … Continue reading →

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The things we try to define

I usually laugh when people go all wordy about stuff. It’s easy to imagine them frantically treading water trying to keep their nose above it all. Meanwhile they are getting sucking into the undertow of…. oops – bit of a … Continue reading →

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Advice from Robert Genn

Boldness has genius, power and magic. Engage, and the mind grows heated. Begin, and the work will be completed. (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe) (Aka get off your butt and do the work). Thanks Robert Genn and his newsletter

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