There is a notion in the study of aesthetics (the philosophy of art) that says that great art reduces complex concepts, containing tens or hundreds of ideas and opinions, and takes them to the perceptual level–i.e., such art makes complex ideas simple to see and understand.
Mike Stanfill does this regularly, and damnit! He makes me wish I could draw.
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Now I have a question. The title of this post “The purpose of art is to give life a shape” is attributed repeatedly to Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”.
However, it’s not in that play, per gutenberg.org and two other sources of the play’s text.
Can anyone out there tell me where it comes from?
[...] an oddly-drawn guy with a lit, old-fashioned iron ball bomb perched on his head. Others see it as a representation of facts and concepts about religious extremism in today’s world. (I would be included in this [...]
It’s your concise, poignant writings, like this posted remark, that make me appreciate your talent!!
Awww, shucks. (Kicks dirt with toe) You’ll turn my pretty head, you keep that up.