by danhermes | May 30, 2024 | The Art of Living
Imagination can be deleterious to communication, but it can be also damaging to relationships in general. People require sensitivity and consistency, and if your notions are changing the way you relate to someone to the exclusion of aspects of their own life or...
by danhermes | May 30, 2024 | The Art of Living
Imagination should be used sparingly and judiciously in human communication. It can impede listening. If someone is trying to say something and you’re dreaming up the next thing you want to say there’s little chance that you’ll hear them. Imagination can easily turn...
by danhermes | May 30, 2024 | The Art of Art
The imagination is forever envisioning new things: new ideas, new concepts, new plans. The imagination tends to work best in a non-judgmental environment, with free-flowing creativity. It’s free to brainstorm new ideas. Here’s an example of how the imagination...
by danhermes | May 29, 2024 | The Art of Art
Every medium presents opportunities for us to engage with it more thoroughly. Architecture and the visual arts allow us to draw or paint to engage. Public speaking and writing allow us to read aloud. Music allows us to sing, as a musician or composer. [Glenn...
by danhermes | May 29, 2024 | The Art of Art
Skills are part of a genius’ foundation. Excelling in the production of demonstrable works in a field is the measure of skill, whether those works are flute performances or academic journal articles or products that will help reduce global warming. Attempting to...
by danhermes | May 29, 2024 | The Art of Art
Are geniuses born or made? This is a key question if you’re trying to do something big in the world. [“The first study for the man that wants to be a poet is true complete knowledge of himself: he looks for his soul; examines it, tests it, learns it. As soon as he...
