Am I an artist or rather not?

Am I an artist or rather not?

In it were my good friend and I when we went to required collation question: why make art? I know almost all you creative being has a kind of mutant germ perpetuation.

It is a common human inclination. Finally, it is much of the momentum that allows us to survive as a species: reprodúcete. Having children is a clear example of the execution of that impulse. In doing this can become creative activities to give life to a work. Be it creative activity. Whether or not defined it as art. But here's the dilemma: What is art Who decides what is or is not? How's the matter?

Basically I do not think anybody has any authority to define such questions. It has been a consensus among intellectuals, artists, philosophers, etc. over time and almost never agree one hundred percent. If we take into account that once had to do with art expertise in some activity, then not only the architect is an artist, the mason who builds a wall with superhuman perfection so is the machine repairman has no pair is, the immaculately mechanic repairs cars and never again break is an artist as well and I found photos of mechanical artist to illustrate my point I will put another mythological animal consolation:

Avocar that only the fine arts are acceptable as art itself I think, but good reference framework, limited and vague at the same time. Leave out other trades or creative activities and the same technical perfection while not readily allows consideration of others.

Classically, the largest arts are more aware of that we have. The minor arts (another highly debatable but consensus has been used by H. Greeks of the ancient world) we are somewhat unrelated to consider them as art is concerned.

Anyway, all this to answer: why do I make art? Is this what I do is art itself? How important is the perpetuation of self through art? And, you see, these questions remain unanswered but I will put some aesthetic value for your consideration:

- Why do you write - 'Cause I like. I like to give life to what I feel, see, hear inside me, and my response was genuine. Personally I long ago stopped worrying about perpetuity. I do not care much about leaving any legacy or memory. Exist because it automatically. What one does affects eternity, well say. Inevitably act and go their mark because of that we were warned by the law of karma of the consequences of our actions. For this reason, in part, I do not care act to perpetuate myself. When thinking about the human will become extinct, Earth will be destroyed at some point and let the universe itself seems to be totally irrelevant perpetuate myself willingly. I am dedicated to creative activities, it is clear, and the thirsty personema pampering we call ego basks in the attention it receives but not my favorite section of a human being and I prefer to put little or no attention to your cat's eyes.

So you want my ego works and perpetual care? Yes I care to be remembered centuries? Not really. Do I believe what I do is art? For me yes it is. For personal expression, emotion, aesthetics and creative impulse for me it is. Do I want people to like? Not so much. More than wanting to, I'm interested because it is what I do and to hold me, better than many people resonates in me that his millions. - But art, good Yang, is a social act. For art is the reflection is needed in someone else -. I said this friend of mine while I struggled with the most difficult burger to eat the world. Just that last (the art, not the burger) got me thinking a while a week later still not over. And that at a party where also discussed pressing issues, that wisest of the wise, my brother with whom I sometimes confuse myself settled my tribulations with -Will define it only serves to narrow the focus of what you do and stop doing, that is precisely the issue -. And then we laughed, we agreed on everything and then we went on with my foolish to think if we are all art. Also we had a living principle and perhaps something, knowingly or not, is perpetuated through our existence.

Cardboard, feathers and brushes: an artistic revolution by Eloisa Cartonera

Cardboard, feathers and brushes: an artistic revolution by Eloisa Cartonera

Currently, the crisis which has been immersed human (not only economic, also social, emotional, creative, sustainable ... and the list could go on ...) have to be consequences. For example, some people are alone, unemployed, or without the ability to have a bed to sleep or a roof to shelter from the weather. An alternative to resorting some who are living on the street, is to collect recyclable material so we can get some money.

In Buenos Aires, Argentina; carry a qualifier: "pickers". The pickers roam the city in search of recyclable material but above board. For every kilo of cardboard, give them about two dollars.

Now, in 2002, in the neighborhood of Boca, an incredible initiative arose related to the cardboard and letters: an editorial. Heloise Cartonera is the name of this editorial has achieved several problematic combat while no profit or enslavement.

For starters, the cardboard carton with your Publisher get paid triple that of a common center of collection. And the board is busy for reuse by way of front and back covers of books. Heloise Cartonera has its own printing press which seek to spread universal and local literature, literacy and even some Argentine writers have transferred the copyright for self promotion letters via this editorial.

Cardboard is cleaned and cut to accommodate the printout, then is painted and decorated by hand by people who have decided to work in this place. Many of them used to live on the street and the publisher has been a source of job where you not only earn money but have managed to restore some order in your life and have been able to learn everything involved in the process of editing and printing.

Furthermore, the results of this work are true works of art are unique pieces, which conjoined the brush and pen; readings carrying classic and emerging writers. It is an initiative that has revolutionized it are true entrepreneurs who show us another chance, another scenario where every printed book is unique and collaborative work in relation to art can combat many problems.

Heloise Cartonera  currently produces around 300 newspapers and books are sold to the most expensive in bookstores in Buenos Aires. In a previous publication, written by  Vivian,  grew clearer that this initiative was already thriving in most Latin American countries apart from Argentina: under the name  Sarita  in Peru, Yerba Mala and Mandrake  in Bolivia, Yiyi Jambo in Paraguay, Animita  in Chile , Dulcinea in Brazil and Cartonera  in Cuernavaca, Mexico.

We must take note of the work of this editorial, absolutely brilliant, where money is taken out of the equation and the value of everything else in sight, until the cardboard. Here culture, cooperative work, community, cultural diffusion, artistic creation, environmental care, education and social development is something to be recognized and promoted, by the magnitude of the surf accordingly. Heloise Cartonera is an example of that crises need not be fought with violence or debts, art has unexpected answers to the momentum and the evolution of human beings individually and in society. And if they did it with cardboard, brushes and feathers, how much can be done with all other existing objects? Not everything is written. To think, to create ...Source : lamanufacturera.com

Lamps, lamps everywhere: Delightful

Lamps, lamps everywhere: Delightful

Much of the ambiance of a room has to do with the furniture, the dimensions of space, the color scheme, the reason for the place and the decor,  however, a key element to achieve a special atmosphere for all types of interiors, is the lighting.

How do we give emotion, strength and life to a cafe, a hotel room, an office, a study, a bathroom, if we have a light that gives us that feeling? It's why Delightful , based in Portugal ,   has all sorts of places for that special lamp that illuminates with style.

For table, wall and floor Delightful has created a unique and innovative lamp. With different styles, from minimalist to futuristic, inspired by themes such as art deco, science, or the Vintage Jazz, the proposal of this group of designers is spacious, elegant and perfect for each room type.

Made and assembled by hand, each piece of all lamps Delightful make possible a true work of art that fits your lifestyle, your needs, your tastes and your space. With the option to customize the product to fit your space, you can reduce, enlarge to position differently and as you can think of any of the lamps of this brand.

Very few sets of each lamp is also produced, as the process is handmade and unique, so that makes them even more special, that is, gentlemen, one of several applications of Industrial Design to create everyday objects that meet the required requirements of modern life.

Acerca's world is delightfull ambiance, history, moments that stay forever through lighting designs created by our artisans with wisdom and passion for craftsmanship. It is a know-how culture

combining the past Heritage of handwork with attention to emerging needs of the future. Each piece shows our intense passion for lighting design and vintage classics. Each piece has a Heritage Manual of faq frequently forgotten wisdom with massive production. Each piece has a unique identity, That is what makes it special. Designs with personality presented in a soft and sophisticated way. Lighting pieces with soul. For more information see http://lamanufacturera.com

Dryad

Dryad

The earth swallowed a seed.

Seed Herb was born without flowers.

The Gayest jade,

The brightest emerald

Truer life.

Nude.

Under the sun the grass was turned into tree

of supreme power.

Fruitful Trunk

bañánose with rain,

singing their prayers at night.

Dancing with your heart wind.

And died, dancing, grass.

Standing for the summer

with the golden whiteness of his hair

his last red night

and the deep embrace of the earth.

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The lies of karma

The lies of karma

There is a thing called gym and there is another called magnesia. Do they look? No but often leads to twisters. Therein lies the dilemma. In the case of the word karma will get confused with "have your punishment."

While it is difficult to define the concept of karma (or Hindu scholars tend to agree), the routine sets the standard for at least define it precisely does not mean "you deserve it". If you do wrong, you will not ever go wrong. If works well, do not always go well. That is a very popular but very wrong idea.

I know many generous people, always willing to help others, honest, etc.. seemed that life and entertains in torment - What will not go well? You do not need money to be happy, or have a partner, or ... "- I know, and I do not mean that. I mean some of these people almost spotless righteousness are very unhappy with his life. - Ah! But then maybe they do things to look good or to do well and be straight loses consciousness.

Possibly yes. But what I am is: both know other people who like to hurt their environment without mercy and with a course that borders on the demonic. Not all of it going wrong. They are apparently happy. Of course you do not know if before bed, alone in his room are genuine but that's also another thing. Such people do not always suffer, are vilified and are always miserable. The karma , then, does not work as precisely pediment ball. Karma, empiricism in my life, it is as simple as if winnow a stone into a glass.

What is it? Glass breaks. What happens next? Call it a glass house. No you broke it by making a bad play, just because you felt the undeniable urge to throw a stone to glass and it turned out that this was broken. Then he went home very angry people. You said expletives. They are sensible people and do not beat you just said you paid the glass. You, good person you are, you pay. As you paid the glass, do not have money to go to the movies that you were going with friends. That time would go a friend of a friend with whom you will surely congeniarías. And then they would go. And so on.

Every action after another IS the karma . Was it good or bad break glass? Bad to the house, good for your desire to throw the stone (and good for the stone that was intended to trigger something in there, maybe.) But it was also good for the house because they have a new glass free . Also bad for you because you spent money you would use for something else. So it's good and bad for both parties. - And what about the glass? - You may wonder. Is it good or bad simply because of the broken glass? So without homeowners without person broke, just broken glass. The stone was good or bad for breaking the glass? Is free of morality. No value judgment between stone and glass. The stone did not punish the glass. Neither do you. Decided to throw the stone not by injury but by inner calling. Still, the consequences began even before the inhabitants of the house became angry. The karma was flying stone from your hand. The karma was broken glass. That was the result. Karma is the result. Action and consequence (reaction, although accurate, I think it takes a different course).

So it's not just that you have beaten you because surely you hit someone. Neither you cheated because you "have cuerneaste" someone. Even the concept of fair or right get there.

Justice is human. What they call divine justice is a balance of the cosmos as such but nothing is further from human justice. Not a scolding from dad: he hit her? Your turn punishment. Did you take? I return it. The universe obviously does not work that way. If swinging is so infinite complexity rarely reach to perceive. Let alone understand. Finding a sense of balance and control is an illusion of reality in which we live. Hold on to that illusion does not cause more suffering and perpetuating nonsense gauge the law of retaliation.

So much talk of freedom and do well but rejecting the consequences of what we do if we do not like. And while such as karma is not a judge and party, I will not have to take such a role, that attachment to a false balance seems a serious limitation in the act of living and fully enjoy life. For now, then, and until we reach enlightenment, revolve together. I recommend, though, that we put off the lies that bind us to suffer again and again guilty seeking to diminish our own pain. Nobody will convince us that we little humans Pavlov.

Loving Vincent Van Gogh on a film made of his paintings

Loving Vincent Van Gogh on a film made of his paintings

The brushwork of Van Gogh is characteristic of his work, his line is almost signature. Now his brush on the canvas jump to the big screen. How's that? The Oscar-winning study of BreakThru Films by acclaimed animation "Peter and the Wolf" is currently in production of the first film made ​​with frame by frame made ​​paintings inspired by the work of this genius hand. The film will chronicle his life through the characters portrayed and delve into his violent and mysterious death. Loving Vincent is the name that will give life to this great challenge that requires more than 70 artists who draw endless oils.

BreakThru Films has announced the public to help contribute to end this ultra-ambitious project through Kickstarter and instead have a number of very attractive incentive for apacionados Van Gogh or this project.

Valentina Avilés Among stories and pictures

Valentina Avilés Among stories and pictures

When re-draw it reality, or even transmute the world of stories and vivid scribbles,  Valentina Avilés  is able to capture on paper the images stored in your eyes.

Exaggerated characters, dressed as animals, colors that are hidden within the pages of books and even textures that play with imagination forms are some characteristics of jobs that  Valentina  has proposed in his drawings for children's stories. Meticulous and perfectionist, takes 6 years recreating your own reality artwork.

His story is simple, while she was studying the first semester of graphic design at the University Model ,  in Mérida, Yucatán, dedicated his free time to wander with brush and leaves, creating drawings and illustrations for itself. One day, his sister came to his desk tasks without more, I uttered the phrase that would determine the course of the following years: "your drawings are childish, you should work on stories for children." In that time she has not learned how to take the comment, but soon the echo of it would impact his career as a designer, and was as well as during social service, studying just the third semester, he ran into the possibility of the illustrations for children's short stories, for the School of Psychology at the same university, there it all started. Passion began what would become of Valentina.

From that moment the snowball grew and grew exponentially and inevitably. Just one semester after completing their first project, members of the Association for Research and Popular Education Autogestiva, AC (IEPAAC) invite her to participate in the illustration of teaching materials for children. In 2011 she found work in the Editorial Dante, where he developed projects like the illustrations from the collection of classic tales of  Hans Christian Andersen  and the  Brothers Grimm , among many others, gradually, he would slide featuring on his pencil on paper.

Ink, watercolor, digital and recently metal engraving, are some of the techniques that  Valentina  has experienced and which makes clear his continuing hunger for new learning and polishing their quest for a personal style followed in consolidating his career.

Illustrator currently is developing a personal project with her ​​sister, together plan to create a storybook in which Valentina illustrated stories to write Gaby (his sister) to wrap their creativity and imagination of children.

Valentina  talks us that in future plans arises focus all your energy on putting a publishing workshop where she can work on their design projects and children's illustrations, and at the same time work as a school where we can share the knowledge of all those who get drunk with the world of graphic arts.

Throughout this road traveled  Valentina Avilés , are of course different sources of inspiration that always guide, teach and define the personal style of an artist who continues to grow. Among the names mentioned are the illustrator:  Javier Saez Castan ,  Oliver Jeffreys ,  Sophie Blackall , Rebecca Dautremer ,  Isis Egle ,  Benjamin Lacombe , and within the Favorite Quino  and  David Roberts .

The uniqueness that surrounds this young is important mention of the phrase that moves and inspires his work:

"What really makes the desert beautiful is that it hides a well anywhere."

Phrase rescued from The Little Prince  describes the invitation  Valentina  makes people illustrate when remembering on their own experience are the tiniest and seemingly insignificant details that rescue us and give us a sense or a "do not know" capable of exerting a force of gravity, which paints with colors our moments. So, with brush in hand and well put imagination on the head,  Valentina  Aviles  is ready to share a bit of this idea through their artwork.

Engineering + = Cykno Vintage Bike

Engineering + = Cykno Vintage Bike

Direct from Milan's Desing Week 2013 where it caused a sensation, Cykno , the perfect combination of engineering and industrial design.This is a purely Italian project inspired by the needs of current transfer, provided safe keeping the environmental impact of electric vehicles generate.

Cykno was developed by the dynamic duo of the engineer, Bruno Greppi and designer Luca Scopel who gave life to a product of technological innovation, impeccable image and design inspired by the famous vintage.

Weighing only 26 kilos, the Cykno Bicycle is a most impressive viable solution to cope with everyday situations such as the need for plates, fuel consumption, gas issued, stagnation by traffic, and is that the user can decide whether pedaling or not, it does not always have the physical strength to get going.

With only need four hours of charging electric current, you could go up to 60 miles on your bike electronics.

About the creators, Greppi (1960, Italy) from the 90's has been dedicated to the motorcycle industry and in 2007 founded his company srl Evo which produces organic electronic vehicles for urban use.

Scopel currently lives in Milan focused on developing products and technology for sustainable use of transport concepts. Also, dedicated to designing from furniture, accessories and other items for interior decoration.

Social Capital As Culture-Lamanufacturea.com

Social  Capital  As Culture-Lamanufacturea.com

  

We are a point of convergence between the different cultural expressions that revitalize creativity and feelings of human beings.

Manufacturing is a creative agency with producing and disseminating guidance to digital arte vanguard. Under this initiative, the website serves as an editorial space for disseminating contemporary cultural content, in a national and international stage. Productions that takes, they seek to promote local and national talent through art and cultural events that are innovative to the audience and appealing to new audiences.

Company Profile:  The Manufacturing is a medium potentiates the dialogue between artists and public companies. It is an endless source of ideas and resources for consumption and enjoyment of art, focusing on creative strategies to achieve desired results.

Mission:Bringing contemporary arte and its different models of consumption increasingly immersed in the digital world society, encouraging the participation of users to such offer cultural entertainment and involvement in this process of sensitization.

 

 

The Art of Social Media

The Art of Social Media

The Social Media is a tool that more and more companies are using the strategy of advertising and communication. Today, creative competition through social networks by various consumer brands entertains and shows us a laugh from time to time. What many do not know is who is behind the computer every day devising phrases, contests, taking complaints, and other features to keep us happy and satisfied as customers.

We had the opportunity to interview Leslie Meyenberg , currently being Community Manager at Sports Marketing Circus , an independent advertising agency with offices in Mexico City, Buenos Aires and Madrid. This is what he shared with us:

Manufacturing : How many companies will now handle your Social Media?

Leslie Meyenberg : Two.

Manufacturing : Can you briefly describe the activities you do to manage a social media account?

Meyenberg Leslie : From the most "basic" it is to create content for the page according to the communication that is managing the brand at that time for any specific campaign or promotion, to the more complex it is to create reports growth (not not all data throws you Facebook). Well, that goes in the middle of creating dynamic (because you see that it is fashionable to give away tickets to a thousand things and through the networks) and control awards, covering events, attend and follow up complaints from users etc. It's hard work, and users are always online and therefore, me too. After all, never know when someone is going to leave "something unforgivable" in your food or product, so as a community manager, you should always be alert.

Manufacturing : How do you think it is you perceived your work?

Meyenberg Leslie : I think from last year and is being given the seriousness that corresponds to this position, I think some before I had a concept of something very "easy" or that anyone could make. You know ... That of "You Be on Facebook and Twitter throughout the day may not be so complicated, is it?" Já. I invite you to meet the nets of a national restaurant chain a weekend.

Manufacturing : In your opinion, what are the essential elements that must contain a tweet or status to gain acceptance in the networks?

Leslie Meyenberg : Depends on target, always. Sometimes you have to be a lady of 35-40 years with a passion for home and kitchen, and after a 16 just looking to laugh with nonsense. Therefore, I could not tell a universal element, the tone and intent of the publications always changes according to the tastes and needs of each market accounts at a specific time.

Manufacturing : What are the biggest challenges you face in managing Social Media?

Leslie Meyenberg : Do not take staff grotesque or negative comments, especially when by "curiosity" or whatnot users favoring competition visit any of the accounts that I'm in charge and only comment for commenting (we call it). Stumble upon strange people on the internet ... And it is not always cool. But hey, learn to deal with all types of users is part of the chamba. And of course, try to be as 24/7 possible pending bills.

Manufacturing : In your opinion, how much do you think it depends on the success of a company today your Social Media?

Leslie Meyenberg : Social networks are key tools for users to get in touch with brands ... Because I mean, how many times a customer comes mark the number on the back of the packaging to clarify any doubts or complain? Now communication is very accessible, and whether the company can make you feel that closeness to their customers, and on the other side.

Greetings to all the community that not sleeping.

All About Lamanufacturera

All About Lamanufacturera

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