Secret Teachings of All Ages: The Pythagorean Theory of Music and Color Index Previous Next HARMONY is a state recognized by great philosophers as the immediate prerequisite of beauty. A compound is termed beautiful only when its parts are in harmonious combination. The world is called beautiful and its Creator is designated the Good because good perforce must act in conformity with its own nature; and good acting according to its own nature is harmony, because the good which it accomplishes is harmonious with the good which it is. The universe is made up of successive gradations of good, these gradations ascending from matter (which is the least degree of good) to spirit (which is the greatest degree of good). It is highly probable that the Greek initiates gained their knowledge of the philosophic and therapeutic aspects of music from the Egyptians, who, in turn, considered Hermes the founder of the art. The key to harmonic ratios is hidden in the famous Pythagorean tetractys, or pyramid of dots. From Stanley's The History of Philosophy.
Color Wheel Pro: Color Meaning Red Red is the color of fire and blood, so it is associated with energy, war, danger, strength, power, determination as well as passion, desire, and love. Red is a very emotionally intense color. It enhances human metabolism, increases respiration rate, and raises blood pressure. Red brings text and images to the foreground. Light red represents joy, sexuality, passion, sensitivity, and love. Orange Orange combines the energy of red and the happiness of yellow. To the human eye, orange is a very hot color, so it gives the sensation of heat. Orange has very high visibility, so you can use it to catch attention and highlight the most important elements of your design. Dark orange can mean deceit and distrust. Yellow Yellow is the color of sunshine. Yellow produces a warming effect, arouses cheerfulness, stimulates mental activity, and generates muscle energy. Use yellow to evoke pleasant, cheerful feelings. Dull (dingy) yellow represents caution, decay, sickness, and jealousy. Green Blue
Artistic World Building with Form Language Studios Form Language Studios (its clients include Intelligent Creatures, Passion Pictures London, Passion Pictures New York, Posti Photography, Big Spaceship, Ghost VFX, BBC, Nissan, Toyota, Fiji Water) is an incredibly production company from Toronto, Canada, which deals with concept art, matte painting and other artistic services for TV, movie and game industries. We’ve had a chance to talk with the founders of FLS – Darren Lewis (Codemasters, Free Radical) and Daniel Romanovsky – and discussed their work, their approach to visual design. © Form Language Studios, 2015-2016 Could you introduce yourself and talk a little about your company? Darren: We met when we were studying at a school in Toronto that was founded by Michael John Angel. During a break I saw this guy leaning over at the waist so that he could turn his head ninety degrees and judge proportions with a fresh eye. In all we spent about two years studying there. Could you name some of the projects you’ve worked on? Leonardo da Vinci
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English 50 Exercises for Story Writers English 50 – Intro to Creative Writing: Exercises for Story Writers Basic Theory: What is a short story? As soon as someone delivers a definition, some good writer will write a story that proves the theory wrong. About the only thing we can say for sure is that short stories are short and that they are written in what we call prose. Short stories have a narrator; that is, someone tells the story; have at least one character in them; have some action occur (or perhaps fails to occur); take place somewhere; that is, there is a setting for the action; and someone either learns something or fails to learn something (theme).With these five characteristics in mind, we can create an almost endless supply of exercises to help sharpen our techniques of story telling. Narrative Voice Twenty or so years ago, voice was the "rite of passage" into a successful writing career. NOTE: It is quite common for writers in the early stages of their careers to imitate the writers they are reading or admire most.
Color Color (American English) or colour (British English; see spelling differences) is the visual perceptual property corresponding in humans to the categories called red, blue, yellow, and others. Color derives from the spectrum of light (distribution of light power versus wavelength) interacting in the eye with the spectral sensitivities of the light receptors. Color categories and physical specifications of color are also associated with objects or materials based on their physical properties such as light absorption, reflection, or emission spectra. Because perception of color stems from the varying spectral sensitivity of different types of cone cells in the retina to different parts of the spectrum, colors may be defined and quantified by the degree to which they stimulate these cells. The science of color is sometimes called chromatics, colorimetry, or simply color science. Physics of color Continuous optical spectrum rendered into the sRGB color space. Spectral colors Color of objects
Geometry in Art & Architecture Unit 3 Pythagoras & Music of the Spheres There is geometry in the humming of the strings ... there is music in the spacing of the spheres. Pythagoras From Egypt we move across the Mediterranean Sea to the Greek island of Samos, the birthplace of Pythagoras, whose ideas dominate most of the material in this course. We'll look at the Pythagoreans' ideas about numbers, as a prelude to our next unit on number symbolism. Our main link between Egypt and Greece seems to be Thales c 640-550 BC, father of Greek mathematics, astronomy, and Philosophy, and was one of the Seven Sages of Greece. Raphael's School of Athens Slide 3-1: Raphael's School of Athens 1510-11. Janson, H. Pythagoras is shown in this famous painting, done by Raphael in 1510-11, which also shows most of the Greek philosophers. Socrates sprawls on the steps at their feet, the hemlock cup nearby. His student Plato the idealist is on the left, pointing upwards to divine inspiration. Euclid is shown with compass, lower right. The Pythagoreans
Basic (And Not So Basic) Art and Craft Supply List You could go crazy filling your cupboards, closets, and rooms with craft supplies but you can really make do with the basic items I have listed here. I have written this list so that items at the beginning of each category are more basic than the others. For your convenience, I have added some affiliate links. Make your mark: crayons markers colored pencils oil pastels colored chalk Paints: watercolors tempera paint acrylic paint Textiles: yarn craft felt fabric scraps thread embroidery floss muslin burlapwool felt Three Dimensional: homemade dough air dry clay aluminum foil chenille stems toothpicks scrap woodcraft/popsicle sticks wood shapes polymer clay clay Stringing & Beading: string straws pony beads wood beads glass beads fishing line Printing: ink pad sponge brayer rubber stamps printing ink Fun to have: glitter pom poms feathers cotton balls googly eyes craft foam sequins floral wire Stick it together: white glue glue stick painter's tape brads Mod Podge liquid starch fabric glue wood glue
ANCIENT EGYPT : The Ten Keys of Hermes Trismegistos I, King Pepi, am THOTH, the mightiest of the gods ... Pyramid Texts, § 1237. I, said he, am POIMANDRES, the Mind of the Sovereignty. Corpus Hermeticum (CH), Libellus I (Poimandres), Book 1.2 "Do You not know that You have become a God, and son of the One, even as I have ?" CH, Libellus XIII, 14. 1 The mental origin of the world and of man. 2 Corresponding harmonics. 3 Dynamics of alternation. 4 Bi-polarity and complementarity. 5 Cyclic repolarisation. 6 Cause and effect. 7 Gender. 8 The astrology of the Ogdoad. 9 The magic of the Ennead. 10 The alchemy of the Decad. "Content is Atum, father of the gods. With this great and might word, which issued from the mouth of THOTH for Osiris, the Treasurer of Life, Seal-bearer of the gods, Anubis, who claims hearts, claims Osiris King Pepi ... Hear O THOTH, in whom is the peace of the gods ... Not the Qabalah (Jewish or Christian), but the Ancient Egyptian Mystery Tradition (or Kemetism) is the backbone of the Western Tradition. Introduction
Color Psychology by David Johnson Like death and taxes, there is no escaping color. It is ubiquitous. Colors often have different meanings in various cultures. Black Black is the color of authority and power. White Brides wear white to symbolize innocence and purity. Red The most emotionally intense color, red stimulates a faster heartbeat and breathing. The most romantic color, pink, is more tranquilizing. Blue The color of the sky and the ocean, blue is one of the most popular colors. Green Currently the most popular decorating color, green symbolizes nature. Yellow Cheerful sunny yellow is an attention getter. Purple The color of royalty, purple connotes luxury, wealth, and sophistication. Brown Solid, reliable brown is the color of earth and is abundant in nature. Colors of the Flag In the U.S. flag, white stands for purity and innocence. Food for Thought While blue is one of the most popular colors it is one of the least appetizing. Green, brown, and red are the most popular food colors.
Acrylic Painting Archives • Art Instruction For Beginners - Art Instruction Blog Online Essential Acrylic Painting Tips for the Beginner Artist Acrylics are a fascinating painting medium. I never truly understood how versatile and enjoyable this medium was until I began working with them exclusively. Thinning Acrylic Paint One should be very careful when it comes to thinning your paints. A great alternative to water are mediums that are specifically designed to thin down acrylic paint. Acrylics and Oils Read more Color Mixing with Acrylics – Technique for Matching a Color About the Artist I’m Will Kemp, I’m an award-winning professional artist and teacher. Prior to painting full time I’ve worked in Museums, taught in schools, set up and ran my own gallery for 5 years and have taught hundreds of people to paint and draw. I’ve studied Classical atelier techniques in Italy alongside conceptual art at the Tate Gallery, London. Read more Color Mixing with Acrylics – Color Bias Read more Acrylic Painting Mediums – How to use Soft and Coarse Pumice Gel Read more Read more Read more Read more
Out Of Hand Needle Arts "The Mind as the Software of the Brain" by Ned Block Ned BlockNew York University 1. Machine Intelligence 2. 3. 4. Cognitive scientists often say that the mind is the software of the brain. 1. In this section, we will start with an influential attempt to define `intelligence', and then we will move to a consideration of how human intelligence is to be investigated on the machine model. 1.1 The Turing Test One approach to the mind has been to avoid its mysteries by simply defining the mental in terms of the behavioral. Behaviorists don't define the mental in terms of just plain behavior, since after all something can be intelligent even if it has never had the chance to exhibit its intelligence. An especially influential behaviorist definition of intelligence was put forward by A. Turing suggested that we replace the concept of intelligence with the concept of passing the Turing test. A second purpose might be utility for theoretical purposes. This type of program is easy to trip up if you know how it works. The machine works as follows.
Color Meaning Color Meaning and Symbolism I'm always incorporating color meaning into symbolic interpretations. As with anything, color adds an extra layer of depth, quality and meaning to the overall view. When colors are shown to me, I typically revert to the chakras for intuitive cues. The chakras can serve as effective blueprint for color meaning. For example, the root ( Muladhara) chakra is the pilot light of the energetic chakra spine. Of course, nature in all her glory is the ultimate teacher. Here are a few observations I use when interpreting color meaning. Lastly, I include a mantra. Have fun with this quick color chart meaning! Symbolic Color Meanings Red: Think fire and blood - Red rushes to us with messages of passion, primal urges, action, pleasure, vibrance, radiance, and love. Yellow: Worshipped in the form of the sun - Yellow is all about radiating creativity, protection, intellect, positivity and clarity. I hope you have enjoyed these color meaning correlations.