Monday, September 7, 2009

Visual development

"Image development is the process of developing images for any use.
It is often both a synonym for a specific process and a label for a unique
combination of processes."
视觉艺术的艺术形式,重点对工程主要是视觉性的,如传统的造型艺术,(素描,绘画,雕塑,建筑,版画),现代视觉艺术(摄影,视频和电影制作)创作, and design and crafts.许多艺术专业(表演艺术,语言艺术,纺织,艺术和烹饪艺术)涉及到视觉艺术方面以及其他类型的,所以这些定义不严格。

Wednesday, June 10, 2009

先驗理想主義

康德的先驗理想主義基本精神在於:
我們的所知僅能是在我們表象能力的形式(如具時間、空間屬性的、具直觀屬性的、具概念性的等等)
所允許的樣貌被我們認識,而這些形式以一種先驗的關係制約我們的認知進而制約我們的經驗,並使我們的經驗成為可能。
某物的實存,是因為某物觸發我們的認知能力,以致我們的認知能力運作,而認知能力運作按照其先天具有的形式條件而造就了我們對該物的意識,其中,有某些經驗的、感官的屬性屬於該物特有(特有的意思,是該物對感官的觸動使感官結果以一特有方式呈現在我們的意識中),而這些特有性被知性以規則的方式區分著,而某些必然屬性屬於認知能力的先天形式。

但目前德文世界裡的「先驗理想主義」的意義主要指向費西特(Ficht)、謝林(Schelling)、賀德林(Hoelderlin)等德國觀念論者對康德的詮釋與接受,不直接與康德的本意相關。

Friday, May 29, 2009

advice

Yes.When things in your life seem almost too much to handle,
when 24 hours in a day are not enough, remember the mayonnaise jar...and the beer.

A professor stood before his philosophy class and had some items in front of him.
When the class began, wordlessly, he picked up a very large and empty mayonnaise jar and proceeded to fill it with golf balls.
He then asked the students if the jar was full.
They agreed that it was.So the professor then picked up a box of pebbles and poured them into the jar. He shook the jar lightly. The pebbles rolled into the open areas between the golf balls.
He then asked the students again if the jar was full.They agreed that it was.

The professor next picked up a box of sand and poured it into the jar.
Of course, the sand filled up everything else. He asked once more if the jar was full.
The students responded with an unanimous "yes."
The professor then produced two cans of beer from under the table and poured the entire contents into the jar, effectively filling the empty space between the sand.
The students laughed."Now," said the professor, as the laughter subsided,
"I want you to recognize that this jar represents your life. The golf balls are the important things--your family, your children, your health, your friends,your favorite passions--

things that if everything else was lost and only they remained, your life would still be full."
The pebbles are the other things that matter like your job, your house, your car.
The sand is everything else--the small stuff. If you put the sand into the jar first,"
he continued, "there is no room for the pebbles or the golf balls.The same goes for life.
If you spend all your time and energy on the small stuff,
you will never have room for the things that are important to you.

Pay attention to the things that are critical to your happiness.
Play with your children. Take time to get medical checkups. Take your partner out to dinner. Play another 18.
There will always be time to clean the house, and fix the disposal. "Take care of the golf balls first, the things that really matter.
Set your priorities.

The rest is just sand."One of the students raised their hand and inquired what the beer represented.The professor smiled. "I'm glad you asked.
It just goes to show you that no matter how full your life may seem,
there's always room for a couple of beers.

Wednesday, January 28, 2009

art is an equation

How long can you sit at a table and draw before you realize that your picture is operating on a series of rules? What happens on a page with an artist you like isn’t an accident, it’s a balance of space, form, rhythm, movement, color and a million different aesthetic terms that are all MEASURABLE.

great artist
http://seangordonmurphy.deviantart.com