 CLASH OF THE TITANS 2010: "Atlas Flinched"
by Joseph C. Maurone
"For the moment, at least, there is sufficient cowardice, sloth, and mendacity rampant on Earth to last for some time." (Read more...)
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Wednesday
February 17, 2010 |
My Take on Current Situation in Music
by Alexander Feht
The following is my personal view of the current state of the "serious" music. I compose tonal music and earn my living mostly as a translator; I am Siberian Russian, arrived into the US as a political refugee in 1987, and live in Southern Colorado mountains. I am looking for congenial minds who would be interested in ... (Read more...)
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ROMANTIC REALISM: Visions of Values
by Alexandra York
It is a passion for life that leads contemporary Romantic Realist artists forward to express a rebirth of values that can elevate their own spirit as well as the spirit of those who experience their art. It is a reverence for and a tenacious love for the beautiful—and for the possible—in the world and in humankind that clears their vision to create images of glory in their art, images that thrill us, that move us, that inspire us. For what cannot be imagined, cannot happen. (Read more...)
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Degrading Art
by Manfred F. Schieder
For long stretches of time, art has been used to nullify reason as the characteristic that identifies human beings. Nowadays, through "modern art", it display existence as worthless and despicable. But art is the tool to show the universe and life's magnificence and also the means to promote the creation of a rational type of society. As such, it deserves greatest attention and respect. (Read more...)
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Charting the Course to an American Renaissance in Art and Ideas
by Alexandra York
There is no doubt that we live in a dangerous but exhilarating time. The prize is great but the stakes are high, for if we do not generate another Renaissance, then surely we shall suffer the default position of another Dark Age. (Read more...)
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Wednesday
November 26, 2008 |
A "HAPPENING" AT MoMA
by Alexandra York
Alexandra York, founding president of ART (http://www.art-21.org/Docs/Essays.htm), author of "From The Fountainhead to the Future" and "Crosspoints", a novel inspired by Ayn Rand's literary legacy, sent me ART's Update Fall 2008, which contains a deeply sarcastic and hilariously funny criticism of an Installation exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art, New York that Alexandra visited recently. She agreed on my sending it over to "Rebirth of Reason" for the members to enjoy lots of laughs! (Read more...)
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Art and Entrepreneurship: The Michael Newberry Interview
by Kaizen Newsletter
The Center for Ethics and Entrepreneurship has published the second issue of its newsletter, Kaizen, featuring an interview with New York City artist Michael Newberry. (Read more...)
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Figure the Future, Upcoming TAS Talk
by Michael Newberry
Figure the Future The nude in art graced the civilizations of Ancient Greece, the Italian Renaissance, and much of Europe through to the beginning of the 20th century. In this presentation, painter Michael Newberry will explain how the nude stands for more than titillation—that rather it is the p... (Read more...)
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A Christmas Package Deal
by Eric Rockwell
This article examines the merits of a beloved holiday classic by Charles Dickens. (Read more...)
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Art Tutorials
by Michael Newberry
Not sure how long it has been since my last post...but, I opted to spend my time more constructively than toying with y’all. :) I have completed lots of work and recently sold an important work, within weeks of signing it, for over $50,000. Instead of writing posts here I have begun writing online art tutorial... (Read more...)
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Roark Rising
by Alexander Butziger
Looking at the Manhattan skyline (kneeling if you will), let's talk about life imitating art. After more than half a century, it looks like two buildings out of The Fountainhead are finally getting built in New York. (Read more...)
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A Philosophical Review of Chicago the Musical
by Michael F Dickey
This weekend I saw a performance of the musical Chicago at the university my friend is attending. I had not yet seen this story on stage or in film, and was not overly familiar with it beyond having to do with some dancers and murder. The performance I saw was very enjoyable as far as productions by college students g... (Read more...)
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Beyond Emotion: The Gestalt Theory of Music
by Joseph C. Maurone
The Gestalt theory of music, if correct, may offer many clues to further Rand's dream of seeing an objective explanation of music. But even if it's not, it's an encouraging sign that man is on the right track, at least, putting aside mystical explanations (Read more...)
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Musical Innovation: Devotion or Deviance?
by Joseph C. Maurone
Without falling into the post-modern trap of relativism and denying that some composers are better than others, innovation requires deviation and diversity. The rules, once known, are begging to be broken. If one wants to see innovation in music, one needs to engage in the dialectic of devotion and deviation. (Read more...)
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Thursday
November 17, 2005 |
What's Wrong with Bebop? Reflections on Ayn Rand and Jazz
by Roger E. Bissell
An objective analysis of the value of music in general, and on bebop jazz in particular, focuses primarily on the presence and quality of memorable melody. For that reason, bebop jazz, while not without redeeming virtues, is of lesser rational value than, say, Dixieland jazz. Avant-garde jazz, however, like avant-garde music in general, is beyond the pale! (Read more...)
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The Rise and Fall of Melody in 5.1 Surround Sound
by Joseph C. Maurone
Rand's depiction of a mangled Halley composition proved to be prophetic in the wake of the technological attack on melody in modern music. (Read more...)
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What Might Music Yet Become?
by Joseph C. Maurone
A summary of Robert Jourdain's theory of the role of technology in music as presented in Music, The Brain, and Ecstasy. (Read more...)
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The Myth of Orpheus and the Future of Music
by Joseph C. Maurone
What is more beneficial to the future of music, change or tradition? The tragic tale of Orpheus may provide a clue to the answer. (Read more...)
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Wagner - My First Time
by Tim Sturm
Cresswell, you were right, and Perigo was wrong. As wrong as Rand was on Beethoven. (Read more...)
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Wednesday
September 21, 2005 |
Who Needs Great Art?
by Peter Cresswell
Painting, movies, literature, sculpture, music, architecture ... all have the ability to make us cry, to make us laugh, and -- just occasionally -- to make us feel ten-feet tall. Why is great art so powerful? -- why does it have this profound ability to affect us? (Read more...)
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Bud and Lou, Art and Sue
by Fred Seddon
Literature, since it has a semantics, places rather severe limits on what one can say about the content of, say, a novel. Music is more akin to aural wallpaper than it is to a mimetic art like literature. (Read more...)
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You're Still Young, That's Your Fault
by Eric J. Tower
In this short story, a young college student named Elizabeth Kipper must tell her father, a powerful campaign manager, that she will no longer accept his financial support. After realizing that her father's income is made by keeping evil men in power, she seeks the freedom of self-reliance. (Read more...)
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The Sharp Test for Films
by Peter Cresswell
I like adult films. There, I’ve said it. And as my video store doesn't know what I mean by that, I’ve sorted out my own ten working rules for finding good adult movies. As a public service, to help you avoid wasting valuable minutes of your life watching crap, I offer them here for your guidance. Thank me later. (Read more...)
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Schulmeister's Trophy (Part Two of Two)
by Julia Brent
Part two of Shulmeister's Trophy. (Read more...)
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Schulmeister's Trophy (Part One of Two)
by Julia Brent
I've taken a challenge as I stumble from poetry to prose, choosing a time and place usually more interesting to men and those who study fighting and war.
This piece of historical fiction is the first part of an exercise given by a friend. I write a letter in character, and she responds without any direction from me, and letter by letter we write a novel.
She's a fantasy writer, and threw a tantrum when she read the manuscript. "I can't believe you picked the Battle of _______!" So real, so brutally cold and male. She may have wanted mythology, ancient air, and animal spirits in super-nova, but I can't be sure. She won't speak to me, but is tersely rising to the task, angry as any war goddess.
To those familiar with this time period, let me know how I stand on accuracy. For that, and any other thoughts, I will be very grateful. (Read more...)
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