Do you know what the most common subject of art is? It’s people. Man is fascinated with man. Ancient cave drawings, Egyptian tombs, Greek and Roman sculptures, medieval stained glass, Renaissance frescos, paintings from baroque to surrealism, photography, pop art—so...
Art BY HERMAN MELVILLE In placid hours well-pleased we dream Of many a brave unbodied scheme. But form to lend, pulsed life create, What unlike things must meet and mate: A flame to melt—a wind to freeze; Sad patience—joyous energies; Humility—yet...
What should a classroom look like? How should it be arranged? And what belongs on the walls? Is it the teacher’s responsibility, or should students have some say in creating the “learning environment” they like best? Many educators today will...
February – the month of love. Little paper hearts fill up bulletin boards, supermarkets prepare for a bump in their bottom line with shelves of heart shaped chocolate filled boxes, and bulky cards declare, “I love you for always, really,...
Have you ever seen the pictures of so-called “art” created by zoo animals? Congo the chimpanzee has made over 400 paintings and drawings. Bini the Bunny has a YouTube channel where he paints with a brush in his mouth. A...
“The task of art today is to bring chaos into order.” So said Theodor Adorno. But was he right? Adorno was a German philosopher and art theorist who believed that the purpose of art was not to reflect the beauty...
Michaelangelo Buonarotti once said that “[a] man paints with his brains and not with his hands.” Perhaps the greatest artist in human history, he is most famous for his painting of the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel as well as...
If I could tell how glad I was by Emily Dickinson If I could tell how glad I was I should not be so glad — But when I cannot make the Force, Nor mould it into Word, I know it...
There has never been a perfect science experiment. Nobody has ever written the perfect novel. No system of government has ever achieved perfection, in form or execution. And despite what they say in baseball, nobody has ever played a truly...
Kurt Godel said, “Either mathematics is too big for the human mind or the human mind is more than a machine.” I think he was right on both counts. Godel was an Austrian-born logician and mathematician whose work primarily in...
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