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No Art, only Entertainment

December 10th, 2007 by Trout · No Comments

I’ve noticed for quite some time that most media web sites and newspapers do not have an Arts section. The closest you find is Entertainment. The meaning of these two is of course very different, not because art can’t be entertaining, it can be. But art often has more purpose to it […]

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Tags: Art Life · Artforms · Big Business · Cinema · Dance · Drawing and Illustration · Painting · Photography · Sculpture · Television · The Press · Theatre

Photographer Kazuhiko Kawahara

November 27th, 2007 by Trout · No Comments

Collaged photographs form a kaleidoscope of beautiful patterns.
Visit his blog: Pallalink.net
A story from Wired

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Tags: Japan · Photography

Haikyo - Japan photography of ruins

November 10th, 2007 by Trout · No Comments

In the past when I’ve thought about moving to a new place, some cities don’t quite fit me because they aren’t eroded enough. I’m drawn to erosion for some reason, it’s like seeing all of history inside an object or scene. David Lynch said it better - “When you see an aging building […]

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Tags: Japan · Photography

Making Art without Unmaking the Environment

October 15th, 2007 by Trout · 3 Comments

This post is part of Blog Action Day.
(Outside the norm, today’s post has intermixed store links to more easily show environmentally friendly art tools and materials.)
Art is still mostly a hand made thing. As most things hand-made, materials of the craft used to be natural - wood, clay, marble and natural pigments. But […]

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Tags: Art Life · Environmentalism · Painting · Photography · The World

Getting the right tools vs. actually doing something

September 18th, 2007 by Trout · 1 Comment

I read a New Yorker story recently about the cult of Leica cameras. Some of the most famous photographs in history have been taken with Leica’s, and photographers love them. But at $4,000+ a pop, you’d better really love it, and you’d hope it takes a great photo.
…as the camera has […]

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Tags: Art Life · Cinema · Philosophy · Photography

If you get points, is it art?

September 3rd, 2007 by Trout · 2 Comments

I went to an afternoon of flat track roller derby, and even though it’s a sport, I could care less who won or lost. A lot of us were there to be entertained. Roller derby is dramatic and theatrical. Lots of players and whole teams have strong characters (whether real or mythical), […]

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