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When you use a pen or a paintbrush or a pair of scissors or a computer to communicate an idea, does that tool change the meaning of that idea? What happens to the idea when the tools are removed?  What do we say with our bodies and our actions when we are not painting or sculpting or editing or composing? If the medium is truly the message, what do our daily gestures communicate?    Are our gestures any less expressive than our art? If our actions and gestures constitute a language, why not create art based on that same language?   At what point can we consider action as art?  Is the artistic experience cheapened if it’s accessible? Or does that justify its validity? Can action, the rawest form of expression, be sold or commodified like anything else?   Does movement require a motive? What would happen if action had no rational catalyst?  [Guest entry by Chris Carroll with editorial assistance by SurfingtheSpectacle] |
Gesture, Movement, Action
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Killing a Miracle of Nature
11-year-old Gavin Dingman was the talk of the hunting community with his impressive takedown of a rare 12-point albino buck, a specimen estimated to be found in only 1 of every 100,000 births.
In further good news, Gavin’s dad says he will hire a taxidermist to take the carcass and create a full body mount: “It’s too rare and too pretty not to spend the extra money and have the whole thing done.” -
Safety First
Protect the Kids When Driving to the Mall.
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Hitler was an Artist
Try avoid making the same mistake.
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Cavalry to the Rescue
In the wake of a police shooing, protests, civil unrest, and the prospect of a race war, the city of Ferguson, Missouri, sought out a public relations firm to help it with its tarnished image.
A glance at the “team” it selected shows they know exactly what it takes to fix the problem!
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Fashion in the Modern World
Everyone knows how hard it is to stay stylish when you put on your bullet-proof armor. Thank God then for the genius of Miguel Cabballero whose expanding line of protective fashion (all based in Bogota, Columbia, naturally) has really made our lives more splendiferous.
Now if there was just a stylish way to accessorize our sawed off shotgun!
