Why Satire Matters
2021-01-21
Enumerating the techniques is useful when we want to use them to deconstruct a humorous text. Continue Reading
Modes of Conflict
2021-01-19
Modes of Conflict always involves power struggle. Power is the ability to cause or influence an outcome. The emphasis is on the word influence here. Most power comes from influence. Power modes in conflict isContinue Reading
Our Brains are Born to Believe
2021-01-13
Beliefs, motivations, and reason Our brains are born to believe. Especially what we want to believe. What motivates this? We arrive at beliefs through our own emotions. Emotions provide a direct behavioral motivation for decisionContinue Reading
Let’s get Meta-Physical!
2021-01-10
Let’s get Meta-Physical, Meta-Physical. I’ll show you mine if you show me yours… The best art is art that conceals itself. The form is natural with the content. Canons are vetted forms of subjectContinue Reading
Variations in Content
2021-01-08
Variations in content can and do exist. One can use the same story presented in Beowulf and just change the content of the character variations to suit the present. Even a story from the BibleContinue Reading
Rhyming Wine and Cheese
2021-01-02
Rhyming wine and cheese is all about memorability, form, and content… Ever wonder what makes the pre-propaganda we all know and love so much? What came before is always important to consider in all cultureContinue Reading
Tricks of the Light
2020-12-27
Texture tricks of the light are major components… …in creating physical and emotional responses in all artwork. All Visual Texture tricks of the light simulate our sense of touch in a visceral sense. Synthetic texturesContinue Reading
Visual Influence Literacy
2020-12-18
How much of the visual world influences your decisions? People make visual choices every day that determine how we experience ourselves and each other. Our world is built upon our visual influence and literacy inContinue Reading
Shall We Play a Game?
2020-12-13
Shall we play a game with reality? Shall we play a game with reality or not? To Be or Not to Be? Yes, those questions. 😀 💡 Verisimilitude  💡 What games in reality are realismContinue Reading