Which senses should an artist utilize to create a masterpiece?
Posted: Sat Jan 06, 2018 11:20 pm
This is not a straightforward question, in part once you consider what a sense is.
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Sixth, or what could be called intuition.Philosophy Explorer wrote: βSat Jan 06, 2018 11:20 pm This is not a straightforward question, in part once you consider what a sense is.
PhilX
I am not well versed with the artistic community, but one of my favorite composers is a man by the name of Max Richter. He uses, what I call, an intuitive simplicity in his compositions. The reason I say this is that intuition, as a facet of deeper emotion, often relies on a simplification of the senses where a thing is observed as strictly "what it is" through this very same intuitive process.Philosophy Explorer wrote: βSun Jan 07, 2018 4:10 am Sounds like a good way on getting started towards making a masterpiece. Are there any artists known for doing this?
PhilX
I have 1 sense, not understanding anything better than anyone else can. Considering 1 is the foundation for all number, does ignorance provide the foundations for the other senses?-1- wrote: βMon Jan 08, 2018 7:11 am Those with a sixth sense, are artists.
Those with a seventh sense, are philosophers.
Those with an eighth of a sense, are mathematicians.
Those with a ninth sense are psychologists.
Those with ten cents are economists.
Those with an eleventh sense are priests or preachers, you know, ministers, flock leaders.
Those with a twelveth sense are insane.
Understanding anything better than anyone else can? One either understands or one does not.
Smell is the way all artists create a masterpiece. Mozart was notorious for keeping bowls of sweet smelling fruit on his desk when he was composing. But in his last days his wife switched out the fruit with crap from their dog. The result was his Requiem, which was never finished.Philosophy Explorer wrote: βSat Jan 06, 2018 11:20 pm This is not a straightforward question, in part once you consider what a sense is.
PhilX
Goethe also smelled an overripe apple to gain inspiration when he was engaged in creative writing. Rheinhardt (Pronounce in English: Rain Hard) enjoyed the smell of freshly fallen rain on hot asphalt pavement. Johann Strauss had bouquets of flowers in his young but beautiful lover's hair when composing, and Beethoven was said to have enjoyed the smell of freshly-dug up earth when he was decomposing.
Then what's a person with good sense?-1- wrote: βMon Jan 08, 2018 7:11 am Those with a sixth sense, are artists.
Those with a seventh sense, are philosophers.
Those with an eighth of a sense, are mathematicians.
Those with a ninth sense are psychologists.
Those with ten cents are economists.
Those with an eleventh sense are priests or preachers, you know, ministers, flock leaders.
Those with a twelveth sense are insane.
My stab to answer your question would be: All and/or any and/or and/or none of the aboveDalek Prime wrote: βThu Jul 12, 2018 6:25 pmThen what's a person with good sense?-1- wrote: βMon Jan 08, 2018 7:11 am Those with a sixth sense, are artists.
Those with a seventh sense, are philosophers.
Those with an eighth of a sense, are mathematicians.
Those with a ninth sense are psychologists.
Those with ten cents are economists.
Those with an eleventh sense are priests or preachers, you know, ministers, flock leaders.
Those with a twelveth sense are insane.