Here's another interesting review of Robert Scruton's book Beauty. This time the subject is high art's trashy cousin, kitsch. Robert Fulford, of the National Post, doesn't really let on whether he agrees with Scruton's didsdain of kitsch or not, be he does a nice job of summarizing the issue. On the essence of kitsch: "an …
Desecrating Beauty
I came across a long article entitled "Beauty and Desecration" by Roger Scruton, in which beauty is championed, defended against what Scruton calls its desecration at the hands of modern and post-modern artists who believe that art is primarily disruptor, disturber, and provoker. He cites as evidence a Mozart opera produced in Berlin back in …
30,000 Followers
So I've opened up my Twitter account so that anybody can follow me without my permission. And suddenly, I'm seeing people with 18,000 or 30,000 followers. THIRTY THOUSAND. What does this mean? Sucker that I am, I clicked on some random pitch about getting a zillion followers in ten minutes (can anyone say "scam" of …
Tweets, Posts, and Status Updates
TweetDeck is a metaphor. If you haven't seen it, TweetDeck is an app that lets you track Twitter tweets and Facebook Updates in real time. As it spreads out across several columns, breaking tweets into various categories, I can't help but think about the vast amounts of information coming at us. Thoughts dropping into our …
Questions About Possibility
Yesterday, I came across a web site called <100K Project, an awareness raising enterprise by Scott Walters dedicated to “bring(ing) the arts back home” to small and rural communities with populations under 100,000." One of the posts I spent some time with is titled "On the Possibility of Art." An interesting move Walters makes is …
JEFF BERRYMAN 