2008
Eric Schwartz makes wonderful
14/04/08 14:58 Filed in: Musings
When's the
last time you
realy thought about
art?
What is it about art that touches you so, how does it
go about evoking an emotion, why this piece of art
and not that?
As an artist I will say this; Art and commerce are mutually opposed. Now, you'll make a face and dismiss the preceding statement as sheer nonsense. "Only an artist who doesn't make money would say such a thing", right? Hmm. The truth is as old as our unique ability to imagine, and if you block out all the noise you will hear it.
The posted video will amuse many, but that which drove Eric Schwartz to create it will be understood by few. And the more we intuit the nature of art, our experience moves further away from the generic and ever closer to the unique.
As an artist I will say this; Art and commerce are mutually opposed. Now, you'll make a face and dismiss the preceding statement as sheer nonsense. "Only an artist who doesn't make money would say such a thing", right? Hmm. The truth is as old as our unique ability to imagine, and if you block out all the noise you will hear it.
The posted video will amuse many, but that which drove Eric Schwartz to create it will be understood by few. And the more we intuit the nature of art, our experience moves further away from the generic and ever closer to the unique.
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Has Apple Lost Its Styling Nerve?
27/02/08 17:24 Filed in: Musings
This morning
I got out of bed and made my way to the study so that
I could rouse my PowerBook G4 15" Aluminium (Last PPC
Model) from sleep so that I could check out Apple's
web site to see if the rumour sites had it right or
wrong. I often go through this series of events
around critical release dates as I am in Australia
and I have to wait until Wednesday morning to see
what Apple has announced on Tuesday. So this morning,
encouraged by some of the new styling seen on the
MacBook Air, I was expecting an enclosure redesign
for the MacBook Pro series. What I was presented with
was yet another slight 'under the hood'
upgrade, with the addition of multi-touch. Has Apple
lost its styling nerve? Read
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