However, my point is that the arts give a possible means by which to communicate the imagery or contents of the inner world. Also, it may be possible to use art as a means by which to channel aspects of higher dimensions of existence. — Jack Cummins
Not a line, no. I think we say yes or no to uncertainty in a million different ways every day. The more we can say yes, the more creative our life becomes. — Possibility
I believe that Schmitt did not synthesize the very foundations of Italian Fascism, and I think it is clear that German fascism was pretty different. — Bertoldo
if someone doesn't grieve does that mean they didn't love the person who just died? I don't think so. — khaled
Can you still keep the advantages (strong healthy community, interpersonal relationships, etc) without attachments? — khaled
Sure we often form attachments to our children and family but I don't think those are necessary for us to love them. If someone's dad passes away at 80 years old peacefully in his bed and the person in question is at peace with the fact (doesn't mourn or cry) does that mean he didn't care about his dad? I don't think that's fair. — khaled
Well, I don’t agree that creativity is a form of human expression, but that human expression is a form of creativity, and that creativity is a process at the core of existence. — Possibility
Developing understanding is foundational to creativity, — Possibility
Those who produce a work of art are aware, connecting and collaborating with qualitative aspects of existence in the creative process, and those who produce ‘creative’ work are actively increasing awareness, connection and collaboration by integrating perceived potentiality. — Possibility
Judaka
All it takes to become attached to something is to care,
and caring is worth more than the pitfalls of attachment by itself.
— Judaka
Is it not possible to care about something without being attached to it (without it being a problem to lose it)? — khaled
Brett
The word “care” is a bit of a problem for me. I’m not sure what exactly it means.
— Brett
Does "Want" work better? I'm basically asking: "Is it not possible to want something without it being a problem not to have it?" — khaled
The problem, though, is determining whether those in question seek to do harm. The assumption that a person intended to do harm is one that's in opposition to the position that one is innocent until proven guilty, and must be tried before conviction. — Ciceronianus the White
I see your point( Brett)about landscapes painted on Sunday afternoons, and this whole side of art does seem to deplete it of any meaning. — Jack Cummins
What is the better creative replacement for art and the arts? I know that you (Brett) think that the state of mind(Zen) you experience is the answer, — Jack Cummins
Art and spirituality are not enemies. — Jack Cummins
once it's gets over certain threshold like combination of ten twenty arts now it became your style and congratulations you've created "original" art due to complexity of how many different "original" styles you copied to basically create a new style that is yours. — yiwakah227
People make paintings for a number of reasons, not least of which is to participate or self-consciously consolidate their role in the creative process, understanding reality. — Possibility
but each of us should develop that qualitative understanding within ourselves if we hope to participate fully at higher levels, to then transcend, question and challenge convention. It’s not innovative, it’s foundational. — Possibility
We’re trying to discover ourselves within the broad base of the human journey so far. There’s a lot of scope there. — Possibility
But when we encounter the event horizon - that point beyond which nothing is certain - do we turn back, do we define the boundary, or do we secure a lifeline and push on? Are we part of the creative process, or are we limited by it? Does our experience of this uncertainty, or anyone else’s experience, matter? The creative artist answers ‘yes’. — Possibility
So our philosophical quest for the essence of a thing turns out to be a search for what is important to us about it. Aren't these (essentially) the same thing? And this is still an analytical endeavor, but the investigation of our concepts (good, knowledge, intention) are not for the goal of finding one point to ensure their (or all) application, but to draw out the ways they express what we desire and need. — Antony Nickles
But I think if we’re expecting a 2D artwork to do the creative heavy lifting in our relation to it, then we don’t understand our own capacity. — Possibility
I think the fact that 2D art is no longer considered ‘creative’ is more symptomatic of a limitation in our ability to grasp the capacity of 2D art to participate in transcending its attributed value/potential/significance/knowledge. — Possibility
When we sell an artwork, we usually hand over that power to the buyer. — Possibility
Sure, the content or consolidation of a painting no longer surprises us — Possibility
We should not take a representational account of religious language but try to see its appropriate use in a religious life in form of metaphor, paradox, expectation, commands etc. In other words, religious statements about God cannot be assigned a truth value. They function in a different manner. — Wittgenstein
as far as I can see, there is so much scope for all kinds of new art. — Jack Cummins
I wonder if we’ve reached an event horizon with regard to challenging the way we render a five-dimensional perspective in 2D. — Possibility
the question is, has two-dimensional art lost its ability to take us as far as we need to go to discover ourselves? — Possibility
Lets assume you reach some sort of Nirvana state if you manage to sever all forms of attachment - is that something most of us would even want? It would mean abandoning family, love, friendships. It would just be you, and, I guess, the universe. — BitconnectCarlos
Yeah, that's the real crazy question, why did they? — darthbarracuda
But it worked. Unless you disagree with what we have as a consequence.
— Brett
Well, it worked eventually, but only once industrial technology was invented, which facilitated fast and reliable long-distance travel and communication. Before the Industrial Revolution, and especially in the early days, states were rising and falling all the time. — darthbarracuda
The impetus for agriculture comes from a lack of faith in the eternal abundance of nature. — Welkin Rogue
We know now that hunter-gathering, swiddening, pastoralism and the like are comparatively easier and healthier lifestyles. — darthbarracuda
In particular, it must have been that it was the more risk-averse among us who were willing to pay those up-front costs; to start growing crops and increase reliance on such crops. — Welkin Rogue
Completely depending on a single method for obtaining sustenance is extremely risky because it is putting all your eggs in one basket. — darthbarracuda
Against The Current (book) suggests that agriculture was the invention of the earliest nascent state which saw in agriculture a way of extracting wealth from peons. — Bitter Crank
For me, that's an inadequate response--X is necessary because we must do X in order to know X is necessary isn't an argument I find acceptable. — Ciceronianus the White
What might be acceptable evidence is information establishing with certainty or to a reasonable degree of probability (sorry for using this lawyer-language) that if the law isn't disregarded, then great harm will result. That's a heavy burden of proof, but I think that burden should be applied when the rule of law is threatened. — Ciceronianus the White
The realization of the fact that God is beyond our understanding or we cannot express a lot of meaningful statements regarding him cannot even be articulated by an individual. The only medium left is music/art/poetry etc. You have to corrupt what you had originally in your mind though. Otherwise, it would not be understood at all by the public. — Wittgenstein
Complete dependence on agriculture increased the risk of starvation. There was no good reason for anyone working the fields to be doing that, apart from coercion by the state. — darthbarracuda
What supports the claim there is such a need? If the claim is unsupported, another question should be asked: Why should the law be disregarded? — Ciceronianus the White
Cicero's "maxim" may be factual in the sense that we typically dispense with the law in what we think are times of war or emergency situations, but can't be used to support doing so. — Ciceronianus the White
I was born an atheist like everyone else. — Kenosha Kid
In what sense was disregarding the law proper? Is there any evidence that doing so achieved anything? — Ciceronianus the White