Conventional Art, Modern, Cubism, Abstract, Expressionism......
There are many other different styles of art besides the ones listed above, but What is art really?....
The simple fact is that art is one of the most basic and fundamental forms of human expression as well as one of the oldest. From primitive paintings on the walls of ancient caves to the work of the modern masters of today. through the century's and the millenium it has changed in form and style may times but the one thing that remains the same is the basic human need to express our creativity and find a way to preserve our work for future generations.
Art is a product of the human mind both simple and complex.
Art like beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Because there is no right or wrong way to express your creativity. Art can be anything from the simplest crayon or pencil drawing to the most elaborate and detailed painting or sculptor, as long as your happy with the way it turns out in the end then your work is a sucsess.
So go get a pencil and paper or whatever..... and start creating your own masterpiece lol.
Michael.
Sunday, May 31, 2009
Sunday, April 5, 2009
Philosophy?.......
Emergent property is a term used in philosophy, but what exactly is an emergent property? and How dose it relate to the way we function not only as individuals but humanity as a whole?
I see the definition of emergent property being more individual, it is not something that you can just label as this or that, it's more,...... it's something that you experience and since we all experience the world around us in our own different way....the definition of an emergent property can have as many different meanings as there are people on this planet...
Emergent Property's can manifest themselves in people as well as nature.
For Instances i fill as though emergent property can in some ways be a good representation of our everyday lives. By that i mean there can be so many things that at the time appear to be nothing more then just random happening's but are still some how more then often connected to the bigger picture for example, The last time i was in Austin i went to check out this large colony of bats one of the largest in the country, I've been there a few times now and it's always an awesome experience. When you see all of these bat's literally thousands of them winding their way through the sky each one individually flying in a seemingly random pattern and yet still some how the same general direction as part of a larger entity. It's really an amazing sight. This also reminds me of people in a way, everyone of use living our lives as an individual with our own hopes, dreams, and goals that we wish to achieve someday and yet all to often forgetting that we to are part of a larger entity.....The human race and that even our most seemingly unimportant and insignificant tasks as an individual can have a profound effect on not only our lives and the lives of the people around us but also the rest of the world as a whole.
The study of the patterns in the stars as well as those in nature could also be thought of too some extent as an emergent property.
Some people may even consider our very consciousness as somewhat of an emergent property of the brain, in a way that makes sense. If anything history has shown us that human imagination, creativity and ingenuity is ever changing, we have put people in space, on the surface of the moon and to the farthest corners of the earth all based on collective ideas and in the pursuit of knowledge.
If consciousness is an emergent property of the brain then the evolution of the human race must be the result of this property working effectively.
However a chain is only as strong as it's weakest link. The same goes for people....
The collective IQ of any large group of people is that of it's lowest member.
I.E...Mob mentality from the days of angry villagers wilding pitchforks and torches to modern day riots. Even the most intelligent person in a group can succumb to there most basic primal instincts if pushed far enough, just as a seemingly intelligent person can be convinced to try drugs or alcohol when under pressure from there pears.
Dose an individual in a mob have anymore free will then a bee in a swarm.... you decide.
I would like to think that if i where ever immersed in a mob mentality that my reaction would be that of a rational person....so that i could take a step beck from the brick or pipe and then intelligently assess the situation properly, and if enough people could do this then the mob itself would have no power unfortunately it would seem that whenever a large group of people gather for whatever reason there is almost always disorder and dissension this trend seems to occur even when supposedly highly educated and intelligent people meet for symposiums and conferences
Maybe that's just human nature....
Perhaps it is the emergent patterns of humanity as a whole that really enable us to identify those among us with the greatest potential. It is the people who defy the patterns and the trends that tend to stand out from the crowd. In the past this process has sometimes made them pariahs, however in the long run it has always been the people who defy the status qua who make the biggest impact.
I see the definition of emergent property being more individual, it is not something that you can just label as this or that, it's more,...... it's something that you experience and since we all experience the world around us in our own different way....the definition of an emergent property can have as many different meanings as there are people on this planet...
Emergent Property's can manifest themselves in people as well as nature.
For Instances i fill as though emergent property can in some ways be a good representation of our everyday lives. By that i mean there can be so many things that at the time appear to be nothing more then just random happening's but are still some how more then often connected to the bigger picture for example, The last time i was in Austin i went to check out this large colony of bats one of the largest in the country, I've been there a few times now and it's always an awesome experience. When you see all of these bat's literally thousands of them winding their way through the sky each one individually flying in a seemingly random pattern and yet still some how the same general direction as part of a larger entity. It's really an amazing sight. This also reminds me of people in a way, everyone of use living our lives as an individual with our own hopes, dreams, and goals that we wish to achieve someday and yet all to often forgetting that we to are part of a larger entity.....The human race and that even our most seemingly unimportant and insignificant tasks as an individual can have a profound effect on not only our lives and the lives of the people around us but also the rest of the world as a whole.
The study of the patterns in the stars as well as those in nature could also be thought of too some extent as an emergent property.
Some people may even consider our very consciousness as somewhat of an emergent property of the brain, in a way that makes sense. If anything history has shown us that human imagination, creativity and ingenuity is ever changing, we have put people in space, on the surface of the moon and to the farthest corners of the earth all based on collective ideas and in the pursuit of knowledge.
If consciousness is an emergent property of the brain then the evolution of the human race must be the result of this property working effectively.
However a chain is only as strong as it's weakest link. The same goes for people....
The collective IQ of any large group of people is that of it's lowest member.
I.E...Mob mentality from the days of angry villagers wilding pitchforks and torches to modern day riots. Even the most intelligent person in a group can succumb to there most basic primal instincts if pushed far enough, just as a seemingly intelligent person can be convinced to try drugs or alcohol when under pressure from there pears.
Dose an individual in a mob have anymore free will then a bee in a swarm.... you decide.
I would like to think that if i where ever immersed in a mob mentality that my reaction would be that of a rational person....so that i could take a step beck from the brick or pipe and then intelligently assess the situation properly, and if enough people could do this then the mob itself would have no power unfortunately it would seem that whenever a large group of people gather for whatever reason there is almost always disorder and dissension this trend seems to occur even when supposedly highly educated and intelligent people meet for symposiums and conferences
Maybe that's just human nature....
Perhaps it is the emergent patterns of humanity as a whole that really enable us to identify those among us with the greatest potential. It is the people who defy the patterns and the trends that tend to stand out from the crowd. In the past this process has sometimes made them pariahs, however in the long run it has always been the people who defy the status qua who make the biggest impact.
Monday, March 23, 2009
Knowledge and the written word....
The written word .........
Knowledge can manifest it self in many wondrous forms Art, Science, Music, Philosophy...... but one of the most abundant is through expression of the written word.
Writing can be an amazing tool for self expression if used properly or it can be used to spread lies and slander..............guess it just depends on the person doing the writing.
However i still believe the written word is truly an amazing creation. From its earliest conception in ancient Sumaria to the modern day it has continued with a steady evolution throughout history, ever furthering our knowledge of one another and the world around us. It is truly astounding how far we've come. Currently it is estimated that there are at least 6,912 different languages spoken throughout the world. However there is no real way of actually knowing how many there really is because there's so many different variations on the same words and some times the same words can even have different meanings depending on on what language your specking and what region of the world your in. There are also hundreds if not thousands of dead languages throughout history that most modern writing and spoken language evolved from.
Though it is still a widely debated subject of "who was the first to develop the written word"... Most people still credit the Sumerians for it's creation. there where stone tablets discovered that date back to about 3,500BC this tablets pre-date cuneiform The Sumerians also invented pictured hieroglyphs / pictographs this hieroglyphs where the basis for what later became cuneiform, Cuneiform is the earliest recorded form of written language dating back to about 3000BCE.
(Unless you count the cave paintings that depict the every day lives and history of ancient man created by the caveman, technically its still a written language.)
The written word is a truly amazing creation. Allowing us to not only document our thoughts and ideas and communicate and share our creations and our creative thoughts with not only one another but the entire world, and weather you use this tool for something productive like creating music, poetry or great literature, or decide to use it for something shameful like spreading lies and slander its your choice. It could also be interpreted as an interesting representation of our personality's.
As far as the evolution of writing , I think it's amazing how far we've come as a species.
From the times of ancient man carving hieroglyphs into the walls of structures and on small clay tablets thousands of years ago where only a small group of people would ever see it. To the modern day where we now have the ability through the Internet a truly phenomenal tool for creating and sharing our thoughts, ideas, and vast amounts of knowledge with the entire word with little more the the touch of a button or the click of a mouse..........We really have come a long way!
Well that's my post for today i will try to keep this blog updated frequently hope you all enjoy and fill free to comment lol.
Knowledge can manifest it self in many wondrous forms Art, Science, Music, Philosophy...... but one of the most abundant is through expression of the written word.
Writing can be an amazing tool for self expression if used properly or it can be used to spread lies and slander..............guess it just depends on the person doing the writing.
However i still believe the written word is truly an amazing creation. From its earliest conception in ancient Sumaria to the modern day it has continued with a steady evolution throughout history, ever furthering our knowledge of one another and the world around us. It is truly astounding how far we've come. Currently it is estimated that there are at least 6,912 different languages spoken throughout the world. However there is no real way of actually knowing how many there really is because there's so many different variations on the same words and some times the same words can even have different meanings depending on on what language your specking and what region of the world your in. There are also hundreds if not thousands of dead languages throughout history that most modern writing and spoken language evolved from.
Though it is still a widely debated subject of "who was the first to develop the written word"... Most people still credit the Sumerians for it's creation. there where stone tablets discovered that date back to about 3,500BC this tablets pre-date cuneiform The Sumerians also invented pictured hieroglyphs / pictographs this hieroglyphs where the basis for what later became cuneiform, Cuneiform is the earliest recorded form of written language dating back to about 3000BCE.
(Unless you count the cave paintings that depict the every day lives and history of ancient man created by the caveman, technically its still a written language.)
The written word is a truly amazing creation. Allowing us to not only document our thoughts and ideas and communicate and share our creations and our creative thoughts with not only one another but the entire world, and weather you use this tool for something productive like creating music, poetry or great literature, or decide to use it for something shameful like spreading lies and slander its your choice. It could also be interpreted as an interesting representation of our personality's.
As far as the evolution of writing , I think it's amazing how far we've come as a species.
From the times of ancient man carving hieroglyphs into the walls of structures and on small clay tablets thousands of years ago where only a small group of people would ever see it. To the modern day where we now have the ability through the Internet a truly phenomenal tool for creating and sharing our thoughts, ideas, and vast amounts of knowledge with the entire word with little more the the touch of a button or the click of a mouse..........We really have come a long way!
Well that's my post for today i will try to keep this blog updated frequently hope you all enjoy and fill free to comment lol.
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