That’s what Leonard Cohen called himself on the autobiographical song-poem Going Home from the Old Ideas album. Of course one would immediately disagree with that tag on such a prolific and generous artist; but the constant sense of debt is one characteristic from “non-stopping artists” who seem to struggle down their intricate path through an… Read More
There is no other way to transcend if your art isn’t elegant, period. Elegance not only means fine, subtle and good looking; elegant can be tormented and sumptuous simultaneously. There isn’t such combination as chaos wrapped in a uniquely beautiful packaging as are the stories told by the ancestral and traditional Japanese art. The quality… Read More
A frequent and colloquial artists’ and designers’ comment about art and design themselves could be something like “it’s all the same”. It usually refers to the stages within the work process, which might eventually lead to a somehow balanced composition be it decorative or functional (art or design), being very very similar. You may ask… Read More