Articles Tagged with art

Flower pictures

Published on April 6, 2021April 5, 2021 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Seasonal photography

A sign of spring raises a very basic question.

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Color pictures

Published on December 8, 2020December 7, 2020 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Filters or sensors ?

We ponder a photographer’s desire for a monochrome camera.

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It used to be hard

Published on September 15, 2020September 15, 2020 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Now it’s easy

Are some things too easy to do nowadays?

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Mixing subjects

Published on September 8, 2020September 7, 2020 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Crossing boundaries

We put forward an idea for a college class that will probably never happen.

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Rules, principles and recipes (I)

Published on June 16, 2020June 15, 2020 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Following the rules

We ponder the Rule of Thirds, Maintenance of the Aim and teaspoons of nutmeg.

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Mathematics and craftsmanship

Published on December 24, 2019December 23, 2019 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Unexpected moments

Students can learn things we don’t think we’re teaching.

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A stone in the sidewalk (II)

Published on December 17, 2019December 17, 2019 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Repurposed art

We muse on something outside of our area of expertise.

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At the fair

Published on October 1, 2019October 1, 2019 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Art and historical economics

We try to place a pleasant weekend in context.

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The narrative imperative

Published on January 29, 2019January 28, 2019 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Telling the story

We notice that novel-writing and movie-making are different from Physics and History.

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Unfamiliar territory

Published on February 27, 2018February 27, 2018 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Out of one’s field

Our photographer looks at some paintings.

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