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Artistic, musical, creative, and entertaining topics of art about all things geek.

Edvard Munch: Cigarettes and Change
This picture, maybe because of the subject's expression, has highlighted my compulsive character. I initially saw it in a video and kept thinking about it. I looked for prints and even used it as my computer's screensaver for a bit.
By Avocado Nunzella BSc (Psych) -- M.A.P 4 years ago in Geeks
Street Artist Fights Hate With Love and Food
He is known as Cibo to those that have the honor of seeing his artwork. The catch is once you see it, it may be different the next time you see it.
By Rick Henry Christopher 4 years ago in Geeks
Artist & creation: should we separate creators from their art?
The question of whether or not we should view art separately from the artist (and our perception of them) is as old as time. Perhaps now more than ever we are faced with this question on a monthly, if not weekly basis. Cancel culture has become ingrained in society and controversies surrounding celebrities grow exponentially. However, not many people know that many artists whom we admire for their contributions to art history used to have quite controversial views too. Back then, people were also questioning whether or not we should separate the artists from their creations, history is now the judge of how things turned out for them. I will be looking at a couple of examples that I found striking.
By Anya4 years ago in Geeks
Where to look for images for your blog?
So you're a writer, right? You're also not a photographer. You've come across numerous advice when looking for the finest thumbnails and photographs for your blog posts and articles, but they all seem to imply that the best approach to make your posts look appealing is to utilise stock photos.
By Avocado Nunzella BSc (Psych) -- M.A.P 4 years ago in Geeks
The L Word's Bette Porter Art Lesson
It's been a while since I became aware of the possibilities of living with ADHD and dyslexia in some form (undiagnosed, so I'm not sure). I enjoy thinking, reading, and writing. But I'm having a hard time with it. It's difficult to concentrate without the words springing to life and dancing the samba right before my eyes. However, I've always felt like I had a means to express myself, even if it was just in a passive way: art. Admiring art in particular.
By Avocado Nunzella BSc (Psych) -- M.A.P 4 years ago in Geeks
The Art of Natalie Galindo
The Art of Natalie Galindo *** What is Art? Art has been philosophized through time, by artists and viewers, by civilizations and cultures, beyond many interpretations, countless systems of value and diverse critical analysis. Although there may be too many ways to define it, interpret it, and even frame their multiple meanings, there are constants which submerge from our awareness; objective factors that we mark with our subjective understanding in order to progress into the future of our creations.
By Facundo Raganato4 years ago in Geeks
The Fascinating Iconography of Vesica Piscis
Vesica piscis is considered to be a sacred symbol that is made of the intersection of two circles of the same radius and the center of each circle lies on the circumference of the other. The exact origin of the symbol is unknown but the symbol prominently originated from Pythagorean history traversed to Christian iconography and evolved in several modern architectures.
By Kamna Kirti4 years ago in Geeks
Reading the painting 'Portrait of the Journalist Sylvia von Harden' by Otto Dix
During the 1920s, when Germany was healing the scars of its massive defeat in World War I, a new art movement Neue Sachlichkeit ("New Objectivity") gained momentum.
By Kamna Kirti4 years ago in Geeks
The Woman Who Was a Muse to Nietzsche, Rilke, and Freud
In an era when women of geniuses were not given exposure to showcase their talent or intellect, Lou Andreas-Salomé was one such woman who broke conventional barriers and carved her own journey. She was the first female psychoanalyst in the world and a lady philosopher of the 19th century when women were neither expected nor allowed to study philosophy.
By Kamna Kirti4 years ago in Geeks
5 Famous Artists Who Camouflaged Themselves in Their Own Paintings. Top Story - September 2021.
Before impressionism and modernism took over, artists were never keen to draw their self-portraits. Unlike Rembrandt, Van Gogh, Picasso, or Frida Kahlo who had a panache to feature themselves in their own canvasses, the 16 & 17th-century artists never took the spotlight. Rather, they camouflaged their identity within the paintings - almost like a signature to endorse the artwork. Sometimes, artists deliberately used this technique to convey complex narratives which they could never portray since most of these artworks were commissioned by patrons with a different ideology or by the iron-handed church.
By Kamna Kirti4 years ago in Geeks
5 Love Paintings You Should Not Miss
For even as love crowns you so shall he crucify you. - An excerpt from the poem On Love by Kahlil Gibran Personally, I have been blessed in relationships and love; but I do agree with this quote. In fact, I would strongly recommend checking out the complete poem if you haven't.
By Kamna Kirti4 years ago in Geeks
The Vatican Doesn't Want You To Know About This Gay Romance
Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni was born more than five centuries ago, 6 March 1475 to be exact. As a young man, he was a magnificent block of marble that was throughout his life broken down steadily by people around him. First the pope and the church, next by his thievious assistants and finally by his own flaming love for young men.
By Kamna Kirti4 years ago in Geeks