I wanted to live like a hermit, but also make it really cool. Like the coolest kid fort you have ever seen. So while we’re all going crazy about the new iPhone, here’s a guy who lives in a kind of hobbit hut somewhere in Oregon. He’s called the “Hobo Artist” and the video is… Continue reading “Everything I do is a joy. And that’s the way it’s oughta be.”
Tag: art
Link: The Coming (Carfree) Artistic Revolution
I’ve been holding a driver’s license since 1999, but rarely ever used it. If I’ve driven more than 7.000 kilometers since then I’d be surprised, and this includes 3.000+ kilometres on one single trip to France back in 2000, and another 2.000 kilometres just three weeks ago, from the most-Northern part of Germany all the… Continue reading Link: The Coming (Carfree) Artistic Revolution
Artist’s Consistency versus Kicking Ass: On Avoiding a Consistent Body of Work
Recently, I enjoyed reading a critical post on the limiting definition of art as work over at The Department of Aesthetics. As you might imagine, I totally agree with the author’s rejection of understanding art merely as art-work. As Randall Szott outlines in the post, this restrictive view may well be a consequence of our… Continue reading Artist’s Consistency versus Kicking Ass: On Avoiding a Consistent Body of Work