Friday, August 13, 2010

Back on the blog!

Dear Aesthetic students and friends,

2010 marks the third year that this blogsite has been open to dynamic discussion.

This year I want to invite all bloggers to share, consider and reflect back the
richly diverse ways in which aesthetic experiences occur. The sidebars have video segments from one of the finest examples of such diversity in the form of the human face and the fascinating ways in which we communicate thought and emotion through facial expressions. My thesis is a simple one, namely that in understanding more about how we use our faces we can better understand the perceptional framework by which we understand art and many other related things. Aesthetics is about perception, and in my view there is nothing closer than our faces that can bring perception closer to where we live and breathe. Please begin your immersion into the magical world of Aesthetics by watching these video segments from "The Human Face" where one serious point after another is ingeniously presented by comedian John Cleese.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

pretty cool stuff here thank you!!!!!!!

Bill Havlicek said...

Good leave your name next time I like to know who I am chatting with. Bill

Amanda Hetrick said...

I think that this is a great way for us to keep connected throughout the week as a class. Looking forward to using this!