Comments for The Muse Dialogue https://musedialogue.org A journal for contemplation and discussion of the arts Wed, 20 Aug 2014 23:46:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ Comment on About by Kye Thompson https://musedialogue.org/about/#comment-21898 Wed, 20 Aug 2014 23:46:21 +0000 http://themusedialogue.wordpress.com/?page_id=2#comment-21898 Your Muse Dialogue is truly helpful as I am a visual arts student

]]> Comment on The Intrinsic Impact of Art on Community by Franklin Chen https://musedialogue.org/articles-by-genre/artsandlife/the-intrinsic-impact-of-art-on-community/#comment-14303 Sun, 29 Dec 2013 14:34:48 +0000 https://musedialogue.org/?page_id=2359#comment-14303 And a rejoinder to that: http://text-patterns.thenewatlantis.com/2013/12/the-uses-of-art.html

I think the complexity of art is what makes it hard to talk about, because the temptation is always to focus on one particular aspect, especially in reaction to or against some other aspect. I don’t actually know the solution, except that silence is not an option either.

]]> Comment on The Intrinsic Impact of Art on Community by Franklin Chen https://musedialogue.org/articles-by-genre/artsandlife/the-intrinsic-impact-of-art-on-community/#comment-14120 Fri, 27 Dec 2013 19:39:46 +0000 https://musedialogue.org/?page_id=2359#comment-14120 I just saw this article: http://www.city-journal.org/2013/23_4_urb-art.html I don’t necessarily endorse the opinions voiced in it, but it’s good people are talking about art.

]]> Comment on The Intrinsic Impact of Art on Community by themusedialogue https://musedialogue.org/articles-by-genre/artsandlife/the-intrinsic-impact-of-art-on-community/#comment-14025 Thu, 26 Dec 2013 16:23:22 +0000 https://musedialogue.org/?page_id=2359#comment-14025 Well said. When we consider any discipline, it is unfortunate to think that we subordinate the pure benefits (intrinsic) to the applied benefits (extrinsic).

]]> Comment on The Intrinsic Impact of Art on Community by Franklin Chen https://musedialogue.org/articles-by-genre/artsandlife/the-intrinsic-impact-of-art-on-community/#comment-14022 Thu, 26 Dec 2013 15:59:34 +0000 https://musedialogue.org/?page_id=2359#comment-14022 On the topic of intrinsic vs. extrinsic, I have also been appalled by recent attempts to promote computer science and programming among young people by appealing to (often unrealistic) extrinsic justifications. The fact is the computer programming is primarily an art, as is mathematics, and I believe that in fact, the very reason they are not as popular in the United States in particular is because of the way they are justified and perceived at an early age as some kind of utilitarian chore. For a passionate critique of this view, and a defense of mathematics as an art, there is probably no better contemporary example than Paul Lockhart’s “A Mathematician’s Lament”, originally an essay http://www.maa.org/external_archive/devlin/devlin_03_08.html then a book https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Mathematician%27s_Lament

I bring this up because I think all of us who believe in the intrinsic value and joy of art in our different fields must join together to promote it.

]]> Comment on Art + Technology: A Love Story by Art + Technology: A Love Story | Intuit, or Die https://musedialogue.org/articles-by-genre/artsandlife/arts-and-technology-vol-1/art-technology-a-love-story/#comment-12652 Mon, 09 Dec 2013 20:12:21 +0000 https://musedialogue.org/?page_id=2341#comment-12652 […] Article first published in The Muse Dialogue, 2013 […]

]]> Comment on The Secret Muse: Intuition and the Sacred Process of Creativity by The Secret Muse: Intuition and the Sacred Process of Creativity | Intuit, or Die https://musedialogue.org/latest-issue/the-secret-muse-intuition-and-the-sacred-process-of-creativity/#comment-7680 Sat, 07 Sep 2013 20:15:46 +0000 https://musedialogue.org/?page_id=1910#comment-7680 […] First published on Carnegie Mellon’s Muse Dialogue. […]

]]> Comment on On Politics and Art by Time for Action on Behalf of the Arts | The Muse Dialogue https://musedialogue.org/latest-issue/on-politics-and-art/#comment-6429 Wed, 24 Jul 2013 13:28:27 +0000 https://musedialogue.org/?page_id=1745#comment-6429 […] On Politics and Art […]

]]> Comment on Artists, Craftsmen…and the Craft of Art by Chris https://musedialogue.org/latest-issue/art-and-craft-and-the-places-where-they-meet/artists-and-craftsmen-and-the-craft-of-art/#comment-6170 Sat, 13 Jul 2013 14:09:12 +0000 https://musedialogue.org/?page_id=1702#comment-6170 What differentiates an artist from a craftsman? Should we call those who have “superior” talents and skills as “artists”, while “lesser-skilled” individuals will merely labeled as “craftsmen”? Isn’t this too elitist? Well, I think the two terms are equal, because artwork can be produced in a craft project. This mean that the two words mean the same, or are simply inter-related.

]]> Comment on Is Fashion Art? by Jason https://musedialogue.org/articles-by-genre/visual-arts/costume-design/is-fashion-art/#comment-6147 Fri, 12 Jul 2013 17:38:54 +0000 https://musedialogue.org/?page_id=563#comment-6147 Fashion is art. It is often an abstract thought and only through creativity does it become a reality. It is also incredibly expressive. You can often see the emotion right in the design. Plus consider the creative twist one can do just by adding a pop of color with an accessory. Your whole outfit can speak a 1,000 words and that to me is art.

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