Presents the full text of the author's commencement address at Philadelphia's University of the Arts in 2012, in which he offered his thoughts on creativity, bravery, and strength and urged the graduates to break rules and make good art.
Author: Neil Gaiman
Publisher: William Morrow
ISBN: 0062266764
Category: Performing Arts
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Presents the full text of the author's commencement address at Philadelphia's University of the Arts in 2012, in which he offered his thoughts on creativity, bravery, and strength and urged the graduates to break rules and make good art.
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Author: Neil Gaiman
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 9781472207944
Category: Literary Collections
Page: 300
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From the bestselling author of the acclaimed novel AMERICAN GODS and the prize-winning THE OCEAN AT THE END OF THE LANE. In May 2012, Neil Gaiman delivered the commencement address at Philadelphia's University of the Arts, in which he shared his thoughts about creativity, bravery, and strength. He encouraged the fledgling painters, musicians, writers, and dreamers to break rules and think outside the box. Most of all, he urged them to make good art. The book MAKE GOOD ART, designed by renowned graphic artist Chip Kidd, contains the full text of Gaiman's inspiring speech. Praise for Neil Gaiman: 'A very fine and imaginative writer' The Sunday Times 'Exhilarating and terrifying' Independent 'Urbane and sophisticated' Time Out 'A jaw-droppingly good, scary epic positively drenched in metaphors and symbols... As Gaiman is to literature, so Antoni Gaudi was to architecture' Midweek 'Neil Gaiman is a very good writer indeed' Daily Telegraph
When I think of World-famous artist Vincent Van Gogh, my first visual image is of the thick, impasto layers of paint he ... Nothing could be further from the smooth perfect aesthetics of the new media Screen, 1 Open ArtRage and create a ...
Author: Alison Jardine
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 9781781575086
Category: Art
Page: 144
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You don't have to be an artist to achieve great results on your iPad, and this refreshingly accessible book is perfect for skilled artists and creative wannabes alike. Alongside the step-by-step projects that teach the fundamentals of digital painting, there are also some easy and fun artistic tricks that anyone can try. Tutorials include - What Would Bansky Do? - Find Your Inner Urban Artist - The 30-Second Portrait Portrait - The Purrrfect Cat - Five Easy Art Hacks - The Not-So-Still Life. You'll master the most popular art apps, and you will learn new painting and drawing skills along the way.
A key part of mindfulness involves accepting what is—and even embracing it; to keep doing what we're doing well, even in the face of adversity. That's what “make good art” means—to keep doing what we're doing.
Author: Caitlin Krause
Publisher: Corwin Press
ISBN: 9781506388649
Category: Education
Page: 224
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Take mindfulness beyond the buzzword and spark powerful learning environments! This resource explores how mindfulness can improve teaching and learning, and helps students develop 21st century skills including creativity, entrepreneurship, innovation, and communication. Readers will learn how to cultivate a personal mindfulness practice that reflects their individuality, and how to create a community of care and respect through mindfulness. Mindfulness is the building of three capacities: awareness, advancement, and authenticity. Built upon these core capacities, Mindful by Design provides 24 detailed exercises for teachers and students, including step-by-step mindfulness lessons embedded into specific curriculum areas, ready to implement immediately. This book demystifies mindfulness and allows educators to inspire powerful learning environments.
This comes back to focussing on your area of control. 3) Make Good Art. Neil Gaiman was, and always will be, right on this. In his commencement speech on May 17th 2012 at the University of the Arts, he said: “Life is sometimes hard.
Author: Guy Windsor
Publisher: Spada Press
ISBN:
Category: Sports & Recreation
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When this coronavirus, SARS-CoV-19, emerged at the beginning of 2020, I didn’t worry too much about it, because I recognised it as being outside my area of control. There was nothing for me to do, so I just ignored it. Then bit by bit things started to change—the twin threats of death by plague and economic ruin came front and center into our collective awareness. As lockdown progressed it was soon obvious that many of my students were struggling. Things they depended on for their physical, mental, and economic health were simply gone. I realised that I had to focus on my core mission, which is to help my students. Normally, that means help them with their sword problems, but the whole point of practising swordsmanship is to improve your quality of life. And not all the help they needed was directly sword related. Then I thought of the things that were working for me: the mental postures learned from swordsmanship training, that were easing my way through lockdown with minimal stress. I started blogging these ideas as they came up, between March and June 2020, and before long was getting requests from readers to create a book of them. So here it is. Guy’s Lockdown Survival Guide, or, Swords in the Time of Corona. Some of the advice here is lockdown-specific, but most of it is applicable to all sorts of crises. I hope you find it useful.
Make good art. Leg crushed and then eaten by mutated boa constrictor? Make good art. IRS on your trail? Make good art. Cat exploded? Make good art. Somebody on the internet thinks what you do is stupid or evil or it's all been done ...
Author: Tara Prescott
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 9780786494774
Category: Literary Criticism
Page: 273
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Neil Gaiman has emerged as one of the most influential literary figures of the 21st century. To borrow a phrase from his viral 2012 University of the Arts commencement speech, Gaiman "makes good art," from his graphic novels to his social media collaborations, award-winning fantasy fiction and beloved children's books. This collection of new essays examines a range of Gaiman's prolific output, with readings of the novels American Gods, Anansi Boys, The Graveyard Book and The Ocean at the End of the Lane. Children's books The Wolves in the Walls and Blueberry Girl and the online short story collection A Calendar of Tales are discussed. Gaiman's return to the serial comic book form with Sandman: Overture is covered, and artist JH Williams III contributes an exclusive interview about his collaboration with Gaiman on Overture. Cartoonist Judd Winick offers a personal essay on his connection to Gaiman's work.
“Make good art,” said Neil Gaiman in his 2012 commencement speech at the University of the Arts. The author gave a lot of situational examples, some of them really humorous but all of them leading to the necessity of creating good art.
Author: Anna Sabino
Publisher: Red Wheel/Weiser
ISBN: 9781632658951
Category: Business & Economics
Page: 192
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Anna Sabino is an artist, but certainly not a starving one. She wasn’t born into a wealthy family, didn’t inherit money from a distant relative, and doesn’t have a rich husband. But she made it as an entrepreneur, as a single woman, and most importantly, as an artist. In Your Creative Career, she shows her fellow artists and creatives how to build a business that reflects their talent and true calling while generating serious cash. Whether the goal is to build an empire and be financially free, create a lifestyle business, or just to have more time, Your Creative Career guides you through every aspect of creative entrepreneurship. If you want to start your creative career, transition into it, or give it a boost, this book is a must read that features: Proven systems and strategies to create ideally priced products that keep selling. The importance of going through all the steps of making it from idea inception and execution to branding and distribution. The importance of transitioning from artistic solitude to collaborative, creative entrepreneurship. The most effective marketing and PR methods adjusted to the new reality of short attention spans and information overload.
Make good art. Leg crushed and then eaten by mutated boa constrictor? Make good art. IRS on your trail? Make good art. Cat exploded? Make good art. Somebody on the internet thinks what you do is stupid or evil or it's all been done ...
Author: Sarang Jairaj,
Publisher: Sristhi Publishers & Distributors
ISBN: 9789387022485
Category: Fiction
Page: 144
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Is it possible to love two people at the same time? Nafisa is dealing with beers, periods, heartbreak, and dating apps, when she meets her new uniquely average boyfriend. But is he the love of her life? Before Nafisa can figure that out, her life is turned upside down. Her mother Tamanna dies in an accident. In trying to come to terms with her loss, she finds solace in the company of a charming painter. Her life takes a retro turn, with diaries, handwritten letters, and music trying to heal her. Tamanna is busy simply existing and complaining, when a gorgeous poet takes her on a whirlwind philosophical journey, teaching her to appreciate art, nature, human existence, and love. But is he the love of her life? Before Tamanna can figure that out, her marriage is arranged with an extraordinarily ordinary guy. Amidst arranged marriages, honour killings, letters of blood, and melting ice-golas, Tamanna shall discover her brand of love. You Begin Where I End spins two unconventional love stories, set two decades apart – 1991 and 2015 – trying to find an answer to the eternal dilemma of darlings – What is love?
And when things get tough, this is what you should do: make good art. I'm serious. Husband runs off with a politician? Make good art. Leg crushed and then eaten by a mutated boa constrictor? Make good art. IRS on your trail?
Author: Lauren Porosoff
Publisher: Solution Tree Press
ISBN: 9781954631601
Category: Education
Page: 321
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EMPOWER students to make school a source of meaning, vitality, and community in their lives. Using this book’s interconnected processes—exploration, motivation, participation, openness, willingness, empathy, and resilience—students clarify and commit to the values they want to live by. You will learn 28 activities, as well as extensions and variations for each, that increase student engagement not only in school but in building meaningful lives. This book will help educators: Discover a process-based, non-prescriptive, personally relevant, and culturally affirming approach to SEL Implement SEL as its own curriculum, a pedagogy for academic units of study, or a one-to-one intervention Facilitate 28 adaptable SEL activities that invite students to identify their own values, choose how they live, and overcome internal struggles Evoke students’ personal values without instilling particular values Enhance intrinsic motivation, psychological flexibility, student and teacher self-reflection, and student voice Build relationships, community, a sense of belonging, and compassion in the classroom Have productive conversations with students and their families about living meaningful lives Contents: Introduction: Social-Emotional Learning That Empowers Students Part 1: Social-Emotional Learning Activities That Empower Students Chapter 1: Exploration: Empower Students to Discover How Values Show Up in Their Lives Chapter 2: Motivation: Empower Students to Associate Their Actions With Their Values Chapter 3: Participation: Empower Students to Create Their Own Ways to Enact Their Values Chapter 4: Openness: Empower Students to Share How Other People Move Them Toward Their Values Chapter 5: Willingness: Empower Students to Serve Their Values When It’s Especially Hard Chapter 6: Empathy: Empower Students to Understand and Care About One Another’s Values Chapter 7: Resilience: Empower Students to Turn Their Struggles Into Opportunities to Reaffirm Their Values Part 2: Strategies That Make EMPOWER More Effective Chapter 8: Designing an Empowering Social-Emotional Learning Program Chapter 9: Supporting Students Who Struggle to Enact Their Values Chapter 10: Inviting Families Into Conversations About Student Values Conclusion: Making the Process the Outcome Appendix: Reproducibles References and Resources Index
In any case, the available evidence suggests that not only can religion survive dubious art; it can also sometimes make good use of such art—art that by the standards of the art world would be judged mediocre or bad: kitsch, ...
Author: Dr James Fodor
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
ISBN: 9781409477938
Category: Religion
Page: 284
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This collection of essays by distinguished authors explores the present-day field of theological aesthetics: from von Balthasar’s contribution and parallel developments to correctives and alternatives to his approach. A tribute to von Balthasar’s own project expands into a dialogue with ancient and medieval traditions in search of revelatory aesthetics. The contributors outline challenges to his approach (including Protestant perspectives) and introduce new ways of viewing the field of theological aesthetics, which ultimately opens up to the idea of concrete cultural contexts and practical human needs determining the use of the arts and aesthetic sensibilities in theology.