This semester I am taking English 215 or Textual Analysis and our first assignment was to read an essay by Northrop Frye; The Motive for Metaphor. The essay discussed a lot about what makes literature important but it had an exert about art and science that thought was interesting.

"On this basis, perhaps, we can distinguish the arts from the sciences. Science begins with the world we have to live in, accepting its data and trying to explain its laws. From there, it moves toward the imagination: it becomes a mental construct, a model of a possible way of interpreting experience. The further it goes in this direction, the more it tends to speak the language of mathematics, which is really one of the languages of the imagination along with literature and music. Art, on the other hand, begins with the world we construct, not with the world we see. It starts with the imagination, and then works toward ordinary experience; that is, it tries to make itself as convincing and recognizable as it can. you can see why we tend to think of the sciences as intellectual and the arts as emotional: once starts with the worlds as it is and the other with the world we want to have. Up to a point it is true that science gives an intellectual view of reality, and that the arts try to make the emotions as precise and disciplined as sciences do the intellect. But of course it's nonsense to think of the scientist as a cold unemotional reasoner and the artist as somebody who's in a perpetual emotional tizzy. you can't distinguish the arts from the sciences by the mental processes of the people in them use: they both operate on a mixture of hunch and common sense. A highly developed science and a highly developed art are very similar together, psychologically and otherwise. "

blog-stalk post

http://kissesandcrossstitches.blogspot.com/

I'm not as much of a blog follower as i should be, but i do like this one. It's mostly editorial fashion photography and stuff of that nature. More of a guilty pleasure that feeds my idealistic tendencies (dreaming of being fancy); i get excited about aesthetics that are pleasing to me, but i've come across some pretty awesome stuff on here :)

Street Photography Blog

As a person (and a photographer) who is interested in exploring people, I would like to develop my skill at capturing moments that tell us something about ourselves as humans.

http://www.in-public.com/ is a blog that deals with street photography and is one of the blogs that I like to follow. There are many artists that are listed on this site and the photographs display a wide variety of approaches to street photography.

One of my favorite tumblr blogs is one called faces [ ] spaces. The aptly named blog deals greatly with portraiture and landscapes that seem to possess a certain commonality in the sensation of coldness, isolation, and obscurity. The (anonymous) blogger seems to draw a well considered, but unspoken link between posts, and will post multiple images by each artist. A lot of photography blogs (especially on tumblr) seem very incidental with little consideration for an artist's intent or body of work, so I appreciate that this blogger chooses not to represent each photographer with a singular image.

Another blog I started following a few months ago is the blog of illustrator Jeremy Enecio. He posts a lot of ideation and process work, which has been interesting to relate to as a photographer who works with the medium traditionally and digitally. I'm in love with his color palette! Its extremely thoughtful and has inspired me to look more into color theory, myself.

Lauren

A Pile of Information

For those of you who are interested in finding new artists, here is a link to Brian Ulrich's extensive link list.


Chip Chip & Cheerio

Chase Jarvis Blog

I really like following Photographer Chase Jarvis's Blog because it is a direct look into a commercial photography and videography firm. Chase and his team post almost daily on current projects, ideas, tips, and interviews.

http://blog.chasejarvis.com/blog/

One of the French Girls

Also, this is what we were talking about during class:














PAINT ME LIKE ONE OF YOUR FRENCH GIRLS, DAVID.

Blog

I really enjoy this blog I Still Shoot Film

It's a whole collection of a bunch of people who still shoot film (obviously). But it also has links to a bunch of other blogs that are all about film as well. The people who run the blog, which is conected to a tumblr blog, regularly answer questions which I find really helpful. They have cool contests and make sure to have a very informative site. It's quite refreshing. Everybody who enjoys weird images shot on film should check it out!

Photographers Blog

Joel Zimmer

I really like following his blog. His whole thing is just photographing observations, which is something I really like to do as well. I like the idea that there's so much beauty in the stumbled upon moments. While my main goal as a photographer is to end up (for the moment) doing a lot of fashion/editorial work, I always want to do this style of work as well, if not for galleries and money at least for myself (though shows and money would be nice), and I find his passion and his style inspiring. Not quite urban street, but merely quiet observations of his surroundings.

Burn Magazine

I really like Burn because they showcase a really wide variety of work. Its usually based in photojournalism but the way different people approach different journalistic assignments and projects is really great. Also, the work shown is from emerging photographers which is really inspiring to see what people similar to myself are capable of doing.

The statements people write are usually pretty interesting too.

Burn Magazine

Welcome Concepts Students

This is your blog.  This is your space.  This is your community forum.  Use it.  Show all involved that you are a passionate, serious artist.  Commence.

First order of business:  please send me one photo, art, culture, etc. blog that you routinely follow.