http://fineartamerica.com/profiles/gary-peterson.html?tab=blog Gary Peterson - Fine Art Blog http://www.fineartamerica.com/artistlogos/A10331-4075-Logo1.jpg http://fineartamerica.com/profiles/gary-peterson.html?tab=blog Fri, 21 Oct 2011 08:58:00 GMT http://fineartamerica.com/blogs/the-intellectual-handyman-on-art.html Thu, 20 Oct 2011 10:24:48 GMT http://fineartamerica.com/blogs/thus-spake-garathustra.html Art was no longer imitating life but vice versa, so Garathustra chucked it all and moved up north to live in a bat cave. He scrawled pictures of moose and beavers on the walls with wild berries and lead a hungry, horny, but mostly happy life for many... Thu, 20 Oct 2011 10:24:32 GMT http://fineartamerica.com/blogs/on-my-couch-in-platos-cave.html I had just sat down to read The Matrix and Philosophy when I realized...there are squirrels on my roof. I can't see them, but I can see their shadows on the lawn as I look out of the window on this sunny morning. I'm reminded of Plato's Cave: the one... Thu, 20 Oct 2011 10:23:57 GMT http://fineartamerica.com/blogs/music-art-and-aesthetics.html Thu, 20 Oct 2011 10:23:37 GMT http://fineartamerica.com/blogs/abstraction-and-empathy.html Thu, 20 Oct 2011 10:22:31 GMT http://fineartamerica.com/blogs/intellectual-property-with-duck-pond.html Thu, 20 Oct 2011 10:22:14 GMT http://fineartamerica.com/blogs/the-paroxysm-of-laughter.html It feels good to laugh but laughter is contagious and addictive. Humor should be treated like a controlled substance. After all, it is the leading cause of laughter - real laughter. I'm talking about spontaneous, involuntary spasms of genuine mirth. ... Thu, 20 Oct 2011 10:21:30 GMT http://fineartamerica.com/blogs/life-is-not-a-dream.html You can find the story behind the musical composition and artwork for my new song, in the book lta href="http://bookstore.iuniverse.com/Products/SKU-000502672/The-Intellectual-Handyman-On-Art.aspx"gtltbrgtltigtThe Intellectual Handyman On Artlt/igtlt... Thu, 20 Oct 2011 10:21:11 GMT http://fineartamerica.com/blogs/radda-in-chianti.html Drawings are like currency in the memory bank. Flipping through my sketchbook, I was transported back to Italy, to a Tuscan hillside village called Radda in Chianti. I'd already drawn a picture of the valley that smelled good from our balcony, so ... Thu, 20 Oct 2011 10:20:54 GMT http://fineartamerica.com/blogs/sound-seeing.html Thu, 20 Oct 2011 10:16:39 GMT http://fineartamerica.com/blogs/i-was-on-tv-once.html I was on TV once. In the days before Idol, or U-Tube, or - hell, before the Net, I was Artist of the Month at the Troy Library. That included an appearance on a local TV program. After one false start, the taped interview went smoothly. The hos... Thu, 20 Oct 2011 10:06:57 GMT http://fineartamerica.com/blogs/your-art-reviewed.html Just a reminder... I like to write about art. Eventually I'll cover every piece here at FAA as the spirit moves me, but that'll take a long time. So I'm taking bribes... I'll write about your art - for a fee. There I said it. $20 per 100 words ... Wed, 19 Oct 2011 17:58:04 GMT http://fineartamerica.com/blogs/humor-scene-investigation.html Wed, 19 Oct 2011 17:36:32 GMT http://fineartamerica.com/blogs/beliefs-desires-and-the-male-gaze.html Art connects the intellect with an emotion and makes you feel good - or at least smart. But the intellect is rigid and emotions are unstable - they can flare up and get out of hand. Michelangelo is said to have taken a hammer and wacked a sculpture b... Wed, 19 Oct 2011 17:27:15 GMT http://fineartamerica.com/blogs/the-art-world-is-elliptical.html