There’s a strong relationship between how we act, think, and perceive the world. The past few weeks I’ve been thinking about the difference between practitioners and theorists. Note: The idea of practitioners and theorists isn’t some proven thing. This is just Dan making up theories that seem reasonable enough. The definition of a practitioner is […]
Do you ever think about how the things you saw and experienced growing up shape the way you see the world today? I grew up surrounded by different types of art and one of the significant pieces was a large metal sun. The sun is around 4 feet across and made with some type of […]
I’ve never been particularly interested in drawing pictures of real things. For whatever reason, attempting to mirror reality feels stifling and stressful. I prefer Abstract Art because it evolves organically and provides a way to see things differently. Abstract art frequently develops without a specific destination. You might start of with a direction, idea, or […]
Generative art is frequently an iterative process. I might start out with an idea of where I’m going, but that idea acts more as a direction than a destination. Moving in some direction leads to unexpected outcomes. It’s easy to develop a number of different ideas on the way to arriving at the original one. […]