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Why is art important?
True art is a check on power.
How is true art a check on power?
Within all societies, you’ll have a ruling class. This is the class that has the power and the class that makes the decisions about what is right and what is not right (usually, these rules about what is [...]

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When we go to see a gallery exhibit of an artist, there’s usually an artist statement to greet us.
What is the purpose of the artist statement? I think the answer gets to the heart of art: intention. Whenever an artist starts to work on a canvas, he has to decide what colors to use, [...]

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What is business?
When you think about what business is, what comes to your mind? I’ve thought about the subject of business and this is my conclusion:

Business: the mechanism that makes the exchange of energy possible
So what does that mean?
If we break it down, doing business usually involves two parties. Each party has energy. Each [...]

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The purpose of beauty
What is the purpose of beauty?
The purpose of beauty is to attract us to certain values.
When we look at the things around us in life, there is one aspect that we keep coming back to: we are attracted to beautiful things. We love beautiful people, beautiful works of art, beautiful cars, beautiful [...]

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How to be a photographer
Every now and then I get an email asking how to be a photographer. Photography is a big field with many avenues to explore and to find yourself in, so understanding how to start can be an important step towards being a photographer.
But first we should talk about what it means [...]

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