Taking back the arts to make them meaningful again
Link here. The essay first outlines the destructive corrupt and meaningless consequences of postmodernism on the arts:
The systematic undermining of the arts were a prerequisite for the Marxist goal of cultural disintegration. Before elitists began decreeing blatantly absurd claims such as mere words can magically transform men into women, or that Jeffrey Epstein killed himself, our cultural institutions replaced art with artifice. What they call “art” is an empty mimicry, lacking substance and significance.
The result has been absurd museum exhibits where garbage, literally garbage, is lauded as great works of art
The essay then describes a new and booming movement in the artistic community, dubbed remodernism, focused on restoring art to its more laudable place in the human heart.
In 2000, two English painters, Charles Thomson and Billy Childish, codified what they called Remodernism, an insurgency against the manipulative and destructive Postmodern status quo. Remodernism acknowledges the purpose of art: an inclusive means of spiritual communion and connection. This inspiring message is particularly in sync with the values of the United States.
Remodernism is the latest iteration of the American character: ordinary people working as explorers and inventors, optimistic, self-reliant and productive. A Remodernist artist formulates expressions of personal liberty to convey higher meaning, personal growth, and connectivity.
Remodernism sees art as a conduit for shareable moments of beauty, enjoyment, comprehension, and truth. Assembling these elements together approaches a state of grace, the ultimate expression of the love bestowed on us by our Creator. We are called to follow His example.
In other words, the goal of art should to be raise us up, rather than tear us down. I couldn’t agree more.
As they say, read it all.
On Christmas Eve 1968 three Americans became the first humans to visit another world. What they did to celebrate was unexpected and profound, and will be remembered throughout all human history. Genesis: the Story of Apollo 8, Robert Zimmerman's classic history of humanity's first journey to another world, tells that story, and it is now available as both an ebook and an audiobook, both with a foreword by Valerie Anders and a new introduction by Robert Zimmerman.
The ebook is available everywhere for $5.99 (before discount) at amazon, or direct from my ebook publisher, ebookit. If you buy it from ebookit you don't support the big tech companies and the author gets a bigger cut much sooner.
The audiobook is also available at all these vendors, and is also free with a 30-day trial membership to Audible.
"Not simply about one mission, [Genesis] is also the history of America's quest for the moon... Zimmerman has done a masterful job of tying disparate events together into a solid account of one of America's greatest human triumphs."--San Antonio Express-News
Link here. The essay first outlines the destructive corrupt and meaningless consequences of postmodernism on the arts:
The systematic undermining of the arts were a prerequisite for the Marxist goal of cultural disintegration. Before elitists began decreeing blatantly absurd claims such as mere words can magically transform men into women, or that Jeffrey Epstein killed himself, our cultural institutions replaced art with artifice. What they call “art” is an empty mimicry, lacking substance and significance.
The result has been absurd museum exhibits where garbage, literally garbage, is lauded as great works of art
The essay then describes a new and booming movement in the artistic community, dubbed remodernism, focused on restoring art to its more laudable place in the human heart.
In 2000, two English painters, Charles Thomson and Billy Childish, codified what they called Remodernism, an insurgency against the manipulative and destructive Postmodern status quo. Remodernism acknowledges the purpose of art: an inclusive means of spiritual communion and connection. This inspiring message is particularly in sync with the values of the United States.
Remodernism is the latest iteration of the American character: ordinary people working as explorers and inventors, optimistic, self-reliant and productive. A Remodernist artist formulates expressions of personal liberty to convey higher meaning, personal growth, and connectivity.
Remodernism sees art as a conduit for shareable moments of beauty, enjoyment, comprehension, and truth. Assembling these elements together approaches a state of grace, the ultimate expression of the love bestowed on us by our Creator. We are called to follow His example.
In other words, the goal of art should to be raise us up, rather than tear us down. I couldn’t agree more.
As they say, read it all.
On Christmas Eve 1968 three Americans became the first humans to visit another world. What they did to celebrate was unexpected and profound, and will be remembered throughout all human history. Genesis: the Story of Apollo 8, Robert Zimmerman's classic history of humanity's first journey to another world, tells that story, and it is now available as both an ebook and an audiobook, both with a foreword by Valerie Anders and a new introduction by Robert Zimmerman.
The ebook is available everywhere for $5.99 (before discount) at amazon, or direct from my ebook publisher, ebookit. If you buy it from ebookit you don't support the big tech companies and the author gets a bigger cut much sooner.
The audiobook is also available at all these vendors, and is also free with a 30-day trial membership to Audible.
"Not simply about one mission, [Genesis] is also the history of America's quest for the moon... Zimmerman has done a masterful job of tying disparate events together into a solid account of one of America's greatest human triumphs."--San Antonio Express-News
“Submerged Turntable”
Evan Holm
https://youtu.be/LFLHFBHOO1g
1:04
If I have to think and or guess what the heck an artists was trying to convey with their work then I no longer like it.
I either don’t want to think about anything when I see it and will just enjoy the view or I get the message right away and think about it later.
Edward Hopper
My Creative Process
1961 (excerpt)
https://youtu.be/ENHPE8kZcf8
2:04
Two much wow and flutter on that turntable.
Art is about communication, so if the audience can’t understand what the artist wants to communicate, it’s a failure for the artist. However, there should be some complexity to the craft, where understanding everything about a piece should be easy.
Here is a great example of skill, https://duckduckgo.com/?q=photorealism&t=brave&iax=images&ia=images
Ancient Chinese proverb: When a well connected woke social elite sells a leaf stuck to a wall with chewing gum as “art” for an outrageous price, it’s really just money laundering.
A friend’s dad was a professor teaching art at college. One day I saw him reviewing his class’s projects, and he came upon one student who’s project was just awful.
Prof: “What are you trying to say here?”
Student: “I’m just reflecting the chaos and ugliness in today’s -“
Prof, pissed off, interrupting: “You’re not reflecting anything – You’re ADDING TO IT!”
wodun–
-very good stuff!
Will Eisner:
Portrait of a Sequential Artist
2012
https://youtu.be/gL9zI-WI0Go
9:38