by Scot Kelly

In the 1^st part of Apollo’s Refraction, I outlined 3 broad categories (or processing modes) for valuing art. In part 2 of Apollo’s Refraction, I expounded upon the intuitional and emotional categories and gave a few examples. In this 3^rd part, I will tie this all together with a discussion on the third category – rationalization. Continue Reading »

by Scot Kelly

In part 1 or Apollo’s Refraction, I discussed briefly 3 broad categories that we use to evaluate and value art. In this 2nd segment, I will give some examples and further elucidation of the 1st 2 of these categories. Continue Reading »

by Scot Kelly

Apollo, along with his other titles, is the god of light, music as well as the god of truth. I propose to refract this light (and truth) into a broad classification that may help in our attempts at art valuation. Because this is a blog and not a research paper, I will keep this short and at a high level. Hopefully it will also spur some spirited discussion on the subject. Continue Reading »

By Ron Momogeeshick Peters

The original was done with pencil,watercolor and ink.

Grandpa Pete told me a story about how he observed the wolf and his relations. The wolf’s birth was celebrated and cared for by the entire wolf community. The baby played with his brothers, sisters and cousins of his family. Many moons were spent learning the basics of this new world that this baby wolf had come into, a world where the presence of another was ever constant.Empathy and telepathy were honed as sharp as the sense of the wolf’s sight,hearing and smell. But because it had spent it’s early formative life with others, it was blinded to itself. Continue Reading »

By Ron Momogeeshick Peters

This is a pencil and ink drawing on acid free-paper.

This is a fish out of water statement. Or maybe it is a water out of fish statement. It this point in my life I had dutifully followed my path of curiousity and had travelled many miles and walked in many shoes. I had worked hard to find out a way to find a place and to build a community of like minded people in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Continue Reading »