A manifesto is “a written statement declaring publicly the intentions, motives, or views” of the person (or organization, or government) making it. It is a declaration, a serious statement of intent. Here’s mine.
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Music for Visuals
Music and art both demand a lot from the learner, but one can inform the other.
Read MoreSynesthesia and Creativity
Synesthetics are those who naturally "blend" one sense into another - touch to sight, color to sound, taste to language. We can learn a lot from how they learn.
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Art and Commerce
There is a tension between art and commerce that I've never been able to fully resolve.
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Beauty
The Fibonacci Series and the Golden Section are related mathematical concepts that have informed our concept of beauty since at least the Renaissance.
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Learning to draw - a breakthrough
Learning to draw means you have to unlearn previous strategies you've used to draw. We learn to draw in stages, and develop different strategies at each stage.
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Creativity and trauma
Is creativity based on some form of mental or emotional disfunction or illness? There's some evidence that this is true at least for some, but perhaps there's a more hopeful future for those of us who are creative, or aspire to be.
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