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Self portrait

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                                                      A PAINTING ODYSSEY                  'I am an artist at living-my work of art is my life'- Suzuki The above terse quotation by Suzuki got me thinking that life should be treated as if its an empty canvas.An empty canvas awaiting to be filled with different kinds of feelings,thoughts,emotions,imagination,whims,with whatever contours and variation of brush strokes. This empty canvas represents life,mine or yours.As progressive human beings by nature we are obliged to work on it daily,to see through its completion,to fully and conscientiously engage with it,to attempt to perfect it.This empty canvas that is life evolves with each passing day. "life is a canvas and your birth commissioned you to be its artist" In the recording 'Apparently' (C...

Perspicuity

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                                                                                                                                   VISUAL ASPECT(S) OF LIFE  It is a well known prerequisite within the chef profession that for food to be appetizing it has to be visually appealing. This importance of the visual aspect to food can be seen in the way chefs take meticulous care in the presentation of their meals.Before deciding to stop reading this article further hold on just a sec,there's still much interesting to come. So bear with me. Does the sense of sight offer ultimate,unparalleled indulgence,gratification and pleasure compared to the other ...

Straight out of the rennaisance era

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                                                   FLORENTINE IN UNISON WITH STONE                                               Michelangelo : a personification of art It has been 5 centuries since Michelangelo Buonarroti [1475-1564] or Michelagnolo (addressed by the latter endearing term by those who were closest to him) passed on.A great artist responsible for one of the most remarkable sculpture of all time,namely ,the David. Testimony to the high value and reverence that Italians have attached to the masterpiece is its relocation from a public square/piazza in 1873 to Galleria dell'Accademia.  ...