First day of December,
the sky is pearl grey,
the sun is trying,
not quite making it.
Been an OK,
kind of week,
Habs lost last night,
again,
oh well,
hard to be the fan,
of a losing team,
but,
I’ve got plenty of practice,
and,
it builds,
character:-)
I’ve been thinking,
hm,
recently I received,
a gift,
a beautiful,
highly functional,
gift,
a tool,
almost,
too pretty to use,
almost:-)
It is very satisfying to,
use a well made tool,
something that helps,
you accomplish,
your task.
Does the aesthetic design,
influence the use?
improve the tool?
I think so.
Consider,
a handsome precision instrument.
Or,
compare with,
or,
OK,
so you won’t think,
I’m a dinosaur,
or hopelessly,
low tech,
consider,
and,
So, I think,
tools, machines, boots <wink>
can be art,
and art can be a tool,
forgive me,
I’m tired and hormonal and basically, I wanted an excuse to be bring up typewriters and fountain pens.
Later girls,
BB
Christmas and birthdays with my family are always about useful gifts. Tools, pots and pans, towels, bed sheets, whatever people may be needing. Therefore, the more useful the better!
I like that:-)
BB: You never need an excuse to bring up well-made tools, beautiful pens, typewriters, anything. It’s your blog. You can write what you want.
Art can be anything if you adopt Motherwell’s definition of art: an experience, not an object đŸ˜‰ although it could be said that the object triggers the experience.
I keep forgetting it is my blog, and I can write what I want, thanks for reminding me:-)
I can see how a tool’s appearance – its shape, its size, its symmetries, the materials it is made of – can lead us to look on it as a work of art.
I find a tool’s purpose, its function, meant to accomplish or facilitate a task, often demonstrates incredible artistic design.
To me, the greatest art lies in how a tool is used – efficiently, effectively, with minimal effort to achieve maximum effect.
Perhaps with tools it’s about craftsmanship rather than art, food for thought, the difference between the two, if there is a difference.