What Is Art and How It Works
The last few weeks I was looking up South and South-East Asian art to see how it related to religion. I visited the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and it had so many amazing exhibits - I became a member! I went back yesterday to look specifically at Asian art and had such an … Continue reading A Quick Note
Dear reader, I hope at least once in the past two months you wondered what I have been doing instead of writing here! April got busy with work, and May is a month with two big Bulgarian holidays. So there was lots of preparations for the celebrations, namely rehearsals with the folk dance group … Continue reading On a Personal Note 5
Dear reader, I'm going back to a topic I introduced some time ago. It is the connection between art and religion. From what I've read so far, I believe it is correct to say that what we know as art today started with religion - the description and laws of a world visible and invisible. … Continue reading Who were the artists?
I am a big Tom Hanks fan. I like most of his movies, and there are several of them that are my all time favorites.Last night I saw "Saving Mr. Banks." And I loved it. I'm not sure how much of the film was realistic in terms of P.L. Travers' internal struggle with her past … Continue reading Saving (not only) Mr. Banks
Merry Christmas! About two weeks ago, in the spirit of Christmas and the holidays, I was given a ticket to see "The Nutcracker" performed in concert (not the full staged ballet, just the score played live) performed by the Los Angeles Philharmonic with conductor Gustavo Dudamel. Now I knew the score somewhat, and I knew … Continue reading Recent Personal Experience
Thinking back about how I used art as a child, or how I experienced it, here is one example that comes to mind. Now this isn't the earliest memory at all, (it actually came around year 10 of my life), nor would I call it the number one memory, but it is definitely in the … Continue reading I remember…
As I claim that, for the most part, we do not use art today at it was intended (and I honestly believe this to be true at this time), I feel like I need to write more about how we engage with the arts today - not only to explain it to you, but mainly to check … Continue reading More on the use of art
Dear reader, Remember the post Are You Entertained? In it I tried to explain why I feel and believe that today we are not relating to the arts as we should. A few days ago I read an article in the New York Times online about a survey in arts attendance done by the National Endowment … Continue reading Arts’ Place of Importance
Dear reader, I guess I have reached this place people call writer's block - is that the right term? I guess that's what it is, considering how little I've written lately. But I don't feel like I have nothing to say - on the contrary, there are many thoughts in my head, thoughts I'd love … Continue reading Ok, so blogging is hard!
Dear reader, July was my vacation time. I went to Bulgaria - my home country. Above you see the National Cultural Center in Sofia as seen from my airplane window. I arrived on a Monday afternoon and spent a fun evening with friends before I left for my home town Vidin the next day. I … Continue reading On a Personal Note 4
Art and the Invisible 