Of all the Micah Tillmans in the world — and there are at least three — … I am this one.
Posted in Aesthetics (Philosophy), Culture on Oct 20th, 2008
(You may recall that I once wrote a post entitled: “The Definition of Beauty: Mystery.”) Why don’t we meet more zombies? Why do we encounter people as having minds and thoughts and personalities instead? You can’t see their minds or thoughts or personalities, after all. ____ What it means to experience another person is to [...]
Posted in Aesthetics (Philosophy) on Jul 23rd, 2008
I just have to say one thing: Obama’s graphic design people are geniuses. (Check out Patrick Ruffini’s collection.) They never cease to amaze me. UPDATE: Walmart’s new logo is terrible.
Posted in Aesthetics (Philosophy) on Jul 7th, 2008
The most popular search term through which people get to my site seems to be “definition of beauty.” They land on this post, over and over. So, I’ve spruced it up a little, and added a reference to Ezra Pound. Hope you like it.
Posted in Aesthetics (Philosophy), Culture on Jul 5th, 2008
The world was so ugly. The cars, the color schemes, the clothes, the hair. The graphic design! The interior design! 20 years without beauty. Maybe the music was what kept the world from going mad? (Though even a lot of the music was terrible. All those classic rock and metal songs whose first minute [and [...]
Posted in Aesthetics (Philosophy), Culture on Jun 22nd, 2008
The In-Laws are having a big shindig today (there’s a lull in the action at the moment) which began with a trip to the Barnes Foundation art gallery. I have made a number of discoveries. First, I love Renoir (warning: nudity) and hate Cézanne (warning: nudity). Cézanne is incapable of painting shade. All his landscapes [...]
Posted in Advertisements, Aesthetics (Philosophy), Culture, Life, Politics, Web on Jun 12th, 2008
[cf. here, here, here, and here] Consider the following: First, the irony in the NRO/The Liberal Store advert is so thick, you could cut it with a knife Second, why entice people to vote either Yes or No regarding Obama by offering them an Obama t-shirt? If they’re not going to vote for Obama, they [...]
Posted in Aesthetics (Philosophy), Literature on Jun 10th, 2008
As opposed to some of the graphic design I encounter in the world which is not very impressive, take a look at the following: Depth (as in the third dimension) is an important part of a successful cover design, IMO. One doesn’t want one’s cover to make potential readers feel claustrophobic. The depth issue may [...]
Posted in Aesthetics (Philosophy), Life on Jan 16th, 2008
Photos are 2D, and make your face look 2D. There’s no depth-difference between your nose and your ear in a photo. You don’t have to refocus your eyes to move from one part of the picture to another, like you would if you were looking at a real face. Everything appears equidistant, flat. Imagine what [...]
Posted in Aesthetics (Philosophy) on Nov 27th, 2007
Continuing in the vein of last night’s post, I have one more thought about beauty. The job of the artist is to discover where beauty is happening and then capture it (so as to show everyone else). I take as my model the photographer. Her subjects are not beautiful from all angles, in all lights, [...]
Posted in Aesthetics (Philosophy), Ethics (Philosophy), Literature, Philosophy on Nov 26th, 2007
A Short Intro [ Kant's Definition | Ezra Pound's | C.S. Lewis's | Husserl/Levinas/James & Mona Lisa ] I really don’t like definitions that reduce one thing to another (or a collection of other things). Except when I do. But usually I don’t. For example: “What are humans?” “Animals with big brains.” “What is love?” [...]
