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LifeDev: The Art Inside Your Head | LifeDev

  • Catherine Cantieri, Sorted · 9 months ago
    That's a really beautiful post, and I love Victoria's take on art as looking outward. Thanks for posting this!
  • Amy · 9 months ago
    Beautiful and thoughtful perspective on art - thanks for sharing.
  • Elwood Gray · 9 months ago
    I was so pleased to see Victoria's name crop up on LifeDev! I enjoyed this article as I do all of the ones on her writing blog. I confess that I don't understand most modern art, but this is a new way to look at it. I especially like the point about the permanence of good art, as if there is a creative momentum that can continue beyond our short lives.
  • Gary · 9 months ago
    It's interesting to me that "art" as a human activity is prehistoric -- at what point did humans begin singing to themselves? and what point did someone crouch over a fire and embellish the saga of a hunt? -- and so, with that in mind, I might be convinced that "art" is a biological imperative. Of course, were I to do so, we'd drift off into a discussion of the evolutionary process. But let's simply say, in light of this interesting perspective, that art might be "looking inward's interpretation of looking outward."

    Or maybe not.
  • Meredith · 9 months ago
    Makes me wonder about the evolutionary process. Why did artistic ability evolve in humans?
  • Victoria · 9 months ago
    I have a theory about that, having grown up with an anthropology professor, which I'm planning to blog on this week. Thanks for asking!
  • LisaNewton · 9 months ago
    I never thought about it like that, you really hit the nail on the head. I like to think of my photography a little like this. How I move, what I focus on, my subject matter, the shadows and light. It's all part of me.

    A friend of mine who has gone with me when I take my camera just sits back and says, "I'll let the artist do her work." I really like that.
  • Victoria · 9 months ago
    It can be helpful to consciously notice what two things you're linking with a particular photograph--a bird and a view, water and the pattern of light, a face and a bush or a building or an angle of sun. It gives you more control over playing with the image, to see the possibilities inherent to whatever your internal trained artist has chosen.
  • Glen Allsopp · 9 months ago
    Great post:

    I had to be honest. “Art might very well be the insides of people’s heads. But there’s the insides of some people’s heads I don’t want to see.”


    That literally made me laugh out loud. Keep up the great work

    Cheers,
    Glen
  • Anca · 9 months ago
    Very nice post.

    I like this one: “Art might very well be the insides of people’s heads. But there’s the insides of some people’s heads I don’t want to see.” :)

    Thank you Victoria
  • Victoria · 9 months ago
    For those who are interested, I did write today on where humans originally got the urge to tell stories and why we still have that urge. Please feel free to visit: http://victoriamixon.com
  • Ari Lestariono · 8 months ago
    After gone through many decades of time, especially now financial turmoil, does art still have it' value?
  • Victoria · 8 months ago
    Good question. Does anything?

    In terms of using art as an escape from the pressures of reality, times of financial turmoil would seem to be those times in which art is needed the most. For instance, right now romance writers are seeing a real surge in popularity. Why? Maybe readers just need to be reassured.

    Victoria
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  • arshad · 8 months ago
    Your article is great.We always have some special idea in mind we wo'nt execute.So its the time to execute our idea.
  • Mauco · 7 months ago
    Hi Victoria,

    Thanks for this post. Very interesting and inspiring. I hope I positively inspire folks long after I'm gone too.