Art ought to be an enabler

“You can’t disclose what art is by means of appearances if there are artworks that are indiscernible from real things.”

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“If you situate Impressionism as an art of relaxation or bourgeois comfortable life, you’re making a fairly profound mistake.”

@AndrewGrahamDix on his favourite art books: https://t.co/jKa5KEWunu

“At the end, each of its heroes find a relief in assuming the void."

Slavoj Žižek, philosopher and cultural critic, discusses his favourite works of drama and explains why he refuses to see them performed. https://t.co/60jnpP5zZO

The continuing uglification of our world. Modernism, with its place-destroying structures, has transformed architecture. It’s time for a return to aesthetics https://t.co/0AxDYzdSeg

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Artists may pooh-pooh the idea of being cool, but a few of them had it down pat. Consider Warhol’s catatonic effortlessness or Bukowski’s timeless advice: “Don’t try.” https://t.co/QAH4Zazsii

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How do we judge abstract art? Do narratives make us more empathetic? These aesthetic riddles are suddenly the domain of experimental psychology https://t.co/FuOyb7XCq2

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At 39, listless and depressed, Winston Churchill took to the canvas. Although some of his works evoke paint-by-numbers, he was generally a “successful amateur” https://t.co/soLKVRLsk9

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Artistic citizenship can mean simply sharing a local identity. It can also convey a social responsibility. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie on why she is not an “African writer” https://t.co/8aRGChfh6v

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His works are not Gothic; they are not parody or satire; they are funny but not jokey. It's weird how Edward Gorey's art is ubiquitous but hard to characterize https://t.co/YKUua3MtMR

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The invention of the telescope sparked a revolution in art. For Milton, who visited Galileo, seeing the cosmos was a visit from the Muse https://t.co/VJwHfgrIwG

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Should studying literature be fun? Not if you want to be a serious scholar https://t.co/PktJdsOyg8

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Art is a way of contending with life, even in its shadiest corners. But does that cover artists like Egon Schiele, who displayed interest in prepubescent girls? https://t.co/eVmlY4wKay

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Want to be an artist? Jerry Saltz has some advice: Know what you hate, scavenge, be delusional, and, of course, accept that you will probably be poor https://t.co/leYuwuRlN6

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What is an artist? https://t.co/o8LTVDojU6

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Making art inclusive  | @IamKunalRay : #Art ought to be an enabler but that is perhaps utopian. Exhibitions have now proliferated and there is a plethora of art events, but whom or what are these events for?

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Memorials India was building in 15th CE and memorial India is building in 21st CE. Sigh...
As Naipaul said that after independence India is building as if it has no history, no architecture, no aesthetics...A wounded civilisation indeed.  #WarMemorial https://t.co/6GvsmuaGUz
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It's minimalistic, and perhaps bland but we should not go overboard in our criticism of its design. India also has had tradition of building such obelisks like hero stones from megalithic times onwards.or as can be construed from the mysterious anthropmorphs and the later stupa-s
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TBH this modern minimalist architecture isn't an India specific problem alone. While the new War memorial is certainly underwhelming, other modern structures around the world too are. It is just reflective of the degeneracy that has crept into modern society.
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#GreenBook #TheOscars I am thrilled to bits to know that Green Book has won the Best Film award. It's a film I could watch another 4 or 5 times.

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Indian literature and Indian Philosophy both will flourished by embracing the ideas of "Yeats".  - Prof. Margaret Mills Harper @MakrandParanspe https://t.co/TqA5GGVQmc

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The Satyajit Ray-Mrinal Sen rivalry that made headlines | @TOI_Pdasgupta:If there is one other debate that has kept Kolkatans engaged as much as the one involving Mohun Bagan and East Bengal, it is abt the rift between Mrinal Sen & Satyajit Ray | #Films https://t.co/KMM9gj5TIv

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Pre performance with Rangamma Didi, teachers, musicians and students at Music and Dance Festival Sri Aurobindo Ashram Delhi India, Children's Music School https://t.co/U3qvxdeXje

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Misc. References:

In conversation with Monika Halan on her book, the financial ecosystem and how to empower Indian’s to make better financial decisions. So many pearls of wisdom in one interview.

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Weaknesses and Limitations of Socialism as the Model for Human Society https://t.co/aA2hnAi1FM

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I NEVER placed Vivekananda and Kancha Illaiah on the same pedestal. I only said SOME of his quotes sound as though they were coming from the mouth of Kancha Illaiah.

I explained that was because "Vivekananda was a product of his times" but "he still deserves our highest respect" https://t.co/82iTIIGr1Z

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The Greatness of the Rishi tradition in India: Sri Aurobindo says that a Rishi "sees or discovers an inner truth and puts it into self-effective language - the Mantra." A Rishi is the seer. He has seen the Mantras (mantradraṣṭā) https://t.co/kb8w8tZ03s via @Sampadananda

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Which is understandable, everything has a lifetime and new orgs need creation with more rooted ideas from time to time. To try sticking to outdated ideas makes organizations liability for the society.

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