by danhermes | May 29, 2024 | The Art of Art
[“The roots of genius are in the Latin root genio, which translates to creator or begetter. Interestingly, though, the creator was not a person but rather a guardian spirit (daimon) assigned to a person and meant to govern his or her fortunes and protect the family...
by danhermes | May 21, 2024 | Moving Paintings, The Art of Art
Horizontal skills can be brought to bear on many different pursuits and disciplines. A high level of creativity and problem-solving skills as well as a will to learn can bring a genius a long way towards entering a new field. There are, however, many details that...
by danhermes | May 20, 2024 | The Art of Art
Many artists have interests in more than one area. We can train our powers of skills acquisition and problem solving on many fields. There is the option to excel in multiple fields and there are examples of how this has worked out well for some. This is called being a...
by danhermes | May 20, 2024 | The Art of Art
Let’s be honest. Beethoven composed on a home entertainment system that had its heydayover a hundred years ago. Van Gogh worked in a field that was necessary to create likenesses until videoand film made it obsolete. Most people would rather check their social media...
by danhermes | May 1, 2024 | Disciplines
Digital information is invisible, confounding the notion of the “objet d’art”. What is visible is the thing the information is stored on and, more importantly, the artwork as displayed on a screen. At the time of sale, however, what changes hands is a...
by danhermes | Apr 3, 2024 | Disciplines
Moving paintings can be unsuccessful for at least as many reasons as oil paintings and video art can be unsuccessful. There are, however, certain common fallacies and blind alleys in this medium which we’ll cover here.A computer cannot yet distinguish between a strong...
