Category Archives: ART

Paintings, photography, aesthetic objects, beautiful communication, and anything I consider to be art, artful, artistic, artsy or whatever.
Art is subjective. It is a quality of communication can be contributed to by the viewer through empathy or agreement with its creator.

9 Principles of Japanese Aesthetics

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As a painter and writer I was delighted by this wonderful article about the aesthetics of the Japanese.  In my opinion, no culture on Earth has a more highly refined sense of aesthetic. The principles of Japanese art described in this article are eloquently illustrated!

9 Principles of Japanese Art and Culture

ZATOICHI: THE BLIND SWORDSMAN

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For anyone who loves swordplay, blood, guts, killing, slaughter, mayhem and general senseless violence, this is a film clip for you!

This epic samurai fighting scene is from the only film written, directed and starring the legendary Shintaro Katsu. One of Quentin Tarantino’s recommended martial-arts films.

Shintaro Katsu’s Zatoichi is a blood-stained, blind assassin that shows the frailties of a man trying to live up to the way of the samurai. (Tom Cruise, eat your heart out…) Don’t even TRY to count the number of guys he kills in this scene!