Author Archives: cholloway2

Profound Thoughts

Posted on October 1, 2011 by cholloway2

The Hillman Curtis art series videos in one word:  inspiring. My thoughts while viewing the videos was: “Wow. The footage and editing is ab-so-lute-ly beautiful.” But outside of the excellent production work, these videos feature renowned artist whose words are … Continue reading →

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Die Neue Haas Grotesk…

Posted on September 23, 2011 by cholloway2

Can you imagine having a typeface with that name? Thank goodness they changed it to Helvetica. After watching a documentary named after the popular typeface, my eyes were opened to the wonderful world of typography. I’ve always been interested in … Continue reading →

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Categorizing Art

Posted on September 22, 2011 by cholloway2

Art is such a broad concept, and any attempt to define or classify the medium is a challenge within itself. However, Terry Barrett does an awesome job in What is ThatArt? of splitting art up in to four categories, Formalism, … Continue reading →

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“Who?” “What?”

Posted on September 10, 2011 by cholloway2

…My initial thoughts while reading Stitch Bitch- The patchwork girl.  This tangled web of words had my brain churning trying to figure out the purpose of the piece.  At some point, I stopped trying to interpret the piece and started … Continue reading →

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Transition Is Good!

Posted on September 3, 2011 by cholloway2

“Transition” is a word that can ignite different emotions in different people due to its close relations to the word “change.”   Some people love the idea because they view it as an inevitable part of life.  Others hate it because … Continue reading →

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