Do you remember the good old Disney movies? I mean the animated shorts. About 8 minutes of bliss each. Pure inspiration!
Well here are two golden oldies that have something in common. They beautifully illustrate how everything in life comes in waves:
Susie, The Little Blue Coup (1951)
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The Little House (1952)
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You can watch the complete movies right here.
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After the previously addressed measuring of art and its value, the next artistic topic is interpreting art and nothing sums up the subjectivity and snobbishness of this sphere as well as the following joke.
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In the West calligraphy is traditionally considered penmanship, however in Islamic countries it is an art. Persian (ancient Iranian) calligraphers are among the most sought out practitioners of this ancient form of art.
Most of us are familiar with the famous quote “The pen is mightier than the sword”, coined by Edward Bulwer-Lytton, but an ancient Persian proverb of a similar meaning precedes it:
“A pen and a drop of ink
Makes the whole world think.”
Calligraphy has become the most venerated form of Islamic art and it is seen, by Muslims, as the art of the spiritual world.
Oscar Wilde said “A work of art is the unique result of a unique temperament.” So what can be said about the unique temperament of Mr. Dalton Ghetti?
Perhaps that he is patient? That would be an understatement. Dalton Ghetti creates art out of pencil tips and creating a single sculpture can take years.
His eyesight must be beyond superb, as Ghetti has been carving pencil tips – without the help of a magnifying glass – for over 25 years.
It’s not what he does full time though. It’s a hobby. This unique hobby would prove Dave Berry, an American writer and humorist, wrong, who said that “hobbies of any kind are boring except to people who have the same hobby.”
There is nothing boring about Dalton Ghetti’s pencil sculptures. They are unique works of art, and testaments of the human ability to surpass expectations.
A thought-provoking photo-manipulation by Anton Semenov. The title is “Society – Bigger fish eat the little ones”.
Photographed by Semenov and touched up in Photoshop CS.
What is art?
If art has always been a part of human life, then the question “what is art” should (logically speaking) be almost as old as time itself. However, an additional couple of seconds contemplating this thought must bring us to the conclusion that cave people, for example, didn’t delve on whether their artistic expressions were “art” or not.
So when did art become something to argue over and why?
