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Is Art In Your DNA?

Posted by Deanna on February 9, 2010 · Leave a Comment 

Over at The Emerging Times, Michael Ferrare has written The ‘Picture Painting’ Gene, an article on Thomas Harrison’s book, Instinct:
In the book Instinct, Thomas Harrison describes many ways to leverage who you are (using your DNA) to promote success in business and in life. Of the many natural genes he mentions, one gene that may [...]

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Is Focusing Your Creativity Important?

Posted by Deanna on February 4, 2010 · Leave a Comment 

At first glance, this cartoon by Emily Flake (originally published in The New Yorker) provides amusing, yet sage, advice:
Maybe if your creativity had fewer outlets, it would come out of you with more force.

But when I think about it, I don’t find such sentiments amusing or wise…
Many people, following the old adage of “practice makes [...]

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What’s Kitsch?

Posted by Deanna on January 7, 2010 · 2 Comments 

In order to discuss the meaning of kitsch, you first need to know it’s definition. So I grabbed my copy of Kitsch, The World of Bad Taste, by Gillo Dorfles (with contributions by John McHale, Karl Pawek, Ludwig Giesz, Lotte H. Eisner, Ugo Volli, Vittorio Gregotti, and Aleksa Celebonovic; and essays by Hermann Broch and [...]

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