conjuring and illusion
graffiti
ethics of art and design
autobiographjy and the self
zen
logic
taoism and stoicism
american liberties
intellectual history: punk
ethics of art and design
punk:
for 9.16: how much and what sort of knowledge of and connection to punk music do you have? describe.
ethics of art:
for 9.16: could leni riefenstahl have refused to make "triumph of the will"? should she have?
ethics of art and design
history of beauty
ethics of art and design:
for 3.18: are you optimistic or pessimistic about the effect of technology on the artworld and on your own work? does it help, or hurt? or: tell me about a website that strikes you as particulalry intense, important, wrong, or right.
for 3.4: discuss the controversy swirling around the holocaust art at the jewish museum in nyc. or: write something about kant and mill.
beauty:
for 4.15: write an essay about a wabi sabi object somewhere in your world. what makes it w-s? how does it affect your experience?
for 3.19: would you throw away or destroy a picture of your mother? why not? what does that say about the power of pictures in or culture? or: what is beauty on the web? tel me about one beautiful web thing.
for 3.5: discuss the concept of "cool" as an aesthetic/moral term in yoruba culture and in your life and social world. for 2.26: what's the relation of art and spirituality in your work? discuss in relation to flash of the spirit chap 1.
for 2.5: look at the passage in agathon's speech (p.197/31) about love and beauty. do you love what you do? what does that mean, practically, about how you actually do what you do? how is love related to craft and beauty in your work?
