Re: Creating portraits with CSS and HTML
Originally Posted by
Acorn
My reflection is TG is no longer a true forum where people can engage in debate
ok lets have a debate...
Every one is right and no one wrong so let's celebrate that
I trust you were being ironic... everyone is entitled to their opinion, that is never going to guarantee it is right [or wrong]
There are some of us who think they are not artistic but would like to have a go but don't know any of the techniques: pointillism, watercolour, 3D-modelling, etc.
I reckon no one starts with a technique, they start with a realisation; whether it is the 'natural' way you arrange flowers, or the patterns you make when you doodle, or the way you find yourself singing your own accompliment to the music you listen to, it is spontaneous at inception and then you realise you really like doing it and would like to 'do something with it' - then you look round for a way of doing just that
For every true artist, there are a cohort of technicians who promote, assist and develop the art, not playing second fiddle, but participating
by implication this means that my mother-in-law the one who arranged the flowers so beautifully with no technical assisstance outside of mother nature was not a 'true artist' - you are on very dodgy ground when you start to use the term 'true artist' [as I know form my own experience], so you had better give a proper definition of it if you intend to carry on using it
The medium for art has changed over time. currently, it is the Internet. Tomorrow, it may be augmented reality
there are lots of mediums for art
the internet is a great enabler, bringing art to those who maybe would not have seen it otherwise.. although it has to be said a picture of Tracey Emin's unmade bed on a screen is only a description [visually], and not the real thing... until you see the real thing you do not see the art; same goes for a painting such as mona lisa, the last supper, Dali's the temptation of saint anthony, and even high quality prints do not give you a sense of the brushwork, the effect of light, you need to see the real thing [and hope the gallery curators know what they are doing which is not a given]
computing opens lots of new possibilities sure, but Dylan went electric and the acoustic guitar still thrives; I do not need electricity to make art, though it will be somewhat different...
So I get marked down if I look at something, appreciate it and work out how I might do it and share my creative idea?
the way I read you post was 'I know a better way of doing this' - if that was wrong, I apologise
Computing is a case in point. I am an analyser, developer, designer, implementer and integrator by profession. Most are just users. Neither would exist without the other
you could argue that a lot of artists create art without caring a hoot whether anyone is interested or not
for that matter what use was binary before computing.. Carroll made use of it in Alice, but that was an in-joke from a mathematician - is something art if no one goes 'WOW'... is there a sound when the tree falls if no one sees....
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