The Accidental Artist "--- you don’t reach Serendib by plotting a course for it. You have to set out in good faith for elsewhere and lose your bearings ... serendipitously." -- John Barth‚ The Last Voyage of Somebody the Sailor by Angelo T. Salazar Elmo Makil’s career in music apparently happened by accident. "I did not decide to get into music. It was decided for me!" he reflects. He recalls attending a summer music seminar in Baguio City. After two days‚ he walked into the church
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has been constructed for a male audience. An essential aim is to gain autonomy without the acceptance or inclusion and continue to‚ challenge the negative ideas and attitudes that suggest that women are inferior. Julie Rrap (Australian)is an artist who has been actively involved in the critique of what dictates the approach to female sensibility. She has explored whether it is socially or biologically determined and how traditional art practice has influenced ideas. Primarily a photographer
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The Visual Artist: Naturally Skilled or Skillfully Learned? A Form of Expression Throughout time‚ people have developed different ways to express themselves. Visual art has been around since the dawn of man‚ dating back to cave paintings in ancient times. This form of expression has evolved from primitive etchings to beautiful‚ visually stunning pieces of work open to interpretation by the general public. As time has passed‚ the skill has become much more refined‚ and styles of art have constantly
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harmony and a philosopher for temperance.” This essay is going to investigate the works of the key minimalist artists‚ simultaneously analyzing the similarities and differences between the minimalist sculptors from 1965 to 1975 and the recent collections of Balenciaga by Nicolas Ghesquiere. Carl Andre‚ Dan Flavin‚ Donald Judd‚ Sol Le Witt and Robert Morris were considered as the main artists that brought about the existence of the Minimal Art‚ ironically they never acknowledged themselves with the
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The Lost Colony of Roanoke On May 8th‚ 1585‚ Richard Grenville‚ a famous naval commander‚ set sail for the island of Roanoke‚ a small island off the coast of modern-day North Carolina. With the hopes of establishing a colony‚ John White‚ an explorer and artist‚ was appointed the role of Governor. The colonists arrived sometime in July of 1587. There were a few small attacks from local Native Americans within the first few months‚ and the colonists desperately wanted John White to return to England
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Artist research Michelle Caplan Michelle was freelancing from home‚ doing Graphic Design‚ and started doing the art as a side thing. She never thought she could be a full time artist. Michelle Caplan loves the stories that she can tell from her artwork she researches out discarded photos and create stories of who she imagines the people may have been. Caplan gathers clues from the images‚ clothing and surroundings. She makes assumptions and likes to take guesses. Clients give her their
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definitive Renaissance man. Michelangelo Buonarroti got his inspiration from the human body. Even with his painting of the Sistine Chapel‚ he was still known to be the dominant sculptor. It was said that there was much rivalry between the two artists. It is said that Michelangelo and da Vinci did not like each other. The only story about this and it comes from the Codice Magliabecchiano‚ an anonymous manuscript. Within the manuscript‚ it sais that Leonardo was with a friend and they were
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Charles The artist that’s inside of all of us! My mom always told me that “It’s not how much we have‚ but how much we enjoy‚ that makes happiness.” So what makes people happy‚ what helps them enjoy life? Becoming an artist’s means different things to different people‚ you can become a painter‚ a dancer‚ a musician‚ a designer‚ an actor and so much more. Being an artist means following your heart and not listing to criticism from others. It’s what makes us who we are; it makes us comfortable
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Lauryn Hill. Why do I enjoy this lyric so much? What makes it so memorable and relatable? Artists like Lauryn‚ Miguel‚ and Sarah Bareilles are all artists that I believe use their craft to convey emotion and story telling. Every story they write uses their lyrics as poetry to express emotions‚ feelings‚ triumphs‚ and failures. What does this say about myself as an artist? For one‚ I use these artists as inspirations that inspire me to transpose their ideas of art into my own work. I like to
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What is an Artist? Art is a very wonderful thing. A great painting enriches our experience of life‚ just as a great poem does or a great musical composition‚ since great painters make us feel and think a great deal more than the objects before us. They teach us to appreciate the beauty and harmony of colors and light through their eyes. They share their imagination with us and invite us into an exciting world of painting. Once discovered and entered‚ however‚ this world can never be forgotten.
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