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Q: How large is your collection of Mexican folk art objects?

A work of art; and yet no art of man, Can work, this work, these little creatures can. - Geffrey Whitney #insectphotography #poetryinmotion #naturephotography #bumblebee #fuquerifotography

Some of the most interesting works of creation understand the old rules enough and then break them. Others tell old stories in new ways. This is how Istanbul’s new-age artists are retelling its old fables. My article in Counter Arts. Happy weekend reading! #storytelling #art #photography #culture #travel

Thoughts & Reflections On The Environment A GIFT Requires To Thrive….(A 5 seconds video)

A gentle combination of nature, music and people. Art is eternal... This illustration is suitable for making postcards, paintings, and social networks.

Reflections & Thoughts on The Ineffable Power of LIGHT….(a 5 second video)

I found the issue raised here very interesting. Most #Graffiti in its original physical form will likely turn out to be impermanent due to the public nature of the "canvas." But the work of someone like #Banksy will also most likely be preserved in a different form, like the #photograph seen here and in #videos, or #books, etc. Who gets to decide which #artists should be allowed to convert #public spaces into their #personal permanent canvases and which ones should not? Maybe the #ethics involved are about more than the #visual #theme communicated?

Deforming reality? We actually see a different quite personal interpretation of reality through VvG whose every stroke depicts a feeling, a sentiment. Who was able to feel that stars and skies reverberated and oscillated, and gave them sense and a new dimension. VvG opened a new reality with an intensity no one ever before or, for me, ever after has done. He laid the foundations for Modernism. Think Starry Night here, where the notion of modernism is so vivid, as VvG's masterpiece juxtaposes the liveliness of the night sky, that scintillating sky and stars together forever, to the brooding, passive nature of the village beneath. The night sky represents the Dutch painter's mind, his dreams and the village, his sad mental assylum reality. Oh the body is a slave to Earthly rules and regulations. The mind is free. Juxtaposition. The intricate quirks and downsides of exercising free will against society's expectation and rules. The taming of genius. The swirling nature of the clouds even adds a whimsical, free motion element to the work, which contributes to the notion that the sky represents his dreams and imagination. Van Gogh was going through a rough mental and physical period while working on The Starry Night; thus the marked juxtaposition between the sky and village could represent the reality of society and how that society would perceive him. So it is not a distortion of the sky, or the stars or the poplars or the people. This is how he perceived the differences. This is Modernism. Then, Post Modernism actually pays a bigger tribute to Van Gogh. Beware Post Modernism allows for multiple realities. Think Pulp Fiction in Cinema, Magrit's Pipe, The Beatles and their famous Sargent Peppers Band Club, Album Cover. Vincent Van Gogh was a man living way before his time. His "turning of the wheel" signified, and still signifies, a great and revolutionary change with universal consequences, brought about by an exceptional human being, a Painter.

THE LEADERSHIP SERIES: Understanding The Power of PLANNING & The Role of FAITH & HOPE In LEADERSHIP……. [A 5 Seconds Video]

THE LEADERSHIP SERIES: Understanding The Power of PLANNING & The Role of FAITH & HOPE In LEADERSHIP……. [A 5 Seconds Video]