The way we perceive the world around us determines the quality of our life. What are aesthetics if not a way of perceiving?
related links: Semir Zeki on visual cognition and neuro-aesthetics video+ Art, Perception and Indeterminacy + excerpt from “Dance, Aesthetics and the Brain” + How does perception influence our thinking?
If you would like to visit Southern Italy but have limited funds, this might be an idea to consider!
The reblogging of this article doesn’t do it justice but do visit Clare’s blog to find out more about exchanging physical help for a place to stay. If you are young (at least in spirit) and animated but with limited funds, this may be the perfect vacation for you!
And read my post about Clare here.
Scroll down to see Maira Kalman’s drawing ofa delightful Egyptian tapestry
Ballpoint Pen Art…my favorite medium as can be seen from my website!
Interesting article below by a ballpoint pen artist:
Fellow blogger friend Bénédicte of Carnet de Dessins has been inspired by my recent postings to begin drawing with the famous blue ball point pen! She’s posted two drawings she made using the fabulous pen.
Perhaps I can persuade others to try drawing with a blue ball point pen, and I would recommend doing a test drawing something like the one above as a way of getting started — just to get the feel of the tool. [FYI: Shhh, we call it a “test” drawing so that other people who are wondering what we’re doing can get a satisfactory answer: “Oh, I’m just testing out this new pen.” While actually we’re really having a lot of fun. However “mum’s the word.”]
I drew the fake rocks above using a Bic Cristal ball point pen, one of the world’s cheapest pens. The “fake rocks” are kind of an ordinary, average sort of manufactured product too — rather…
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