Philosophy

A discipline comprising as its core logic, aesthetics, ethics, metaphysics and epistemology.

Logic. The science of the formal principles of reasoning. A science that deals with the principles and criteria of validity of inference and demonstration.

Aesthetics. The discipline dealing with the nature of beauty, art and taste. Dealing with the creation and appreciation of beauty.

Ethics. The discipline dealing with correctness and with moral duty and obligation.

Metaphysics. The system of principles underlying a particular study or subject.

Epistemology. The study of the nature and grounds of knowledge especially with reference to its limits and validity.

A discipline comprising as its core logic, aesthetics, ethics, metaphysics and epistemology.

Philosophy tests our most fundamental values, beliefs and convictions for the purpose of establishing their correctness. Philosophy at the same time realizes that the basic questions as to what it means to establish correctness are most often unanswerable.

Art

The conscious use of skill and creative imagination in the production of aesthetic objects. The faculty of executing well what one has devised.

Art distinctly implies a personal unanalyzable creative power.

Skill stresses technical knowledge and proficiency.

Cunning suggests ingenuity and subtlety in devising inventing or executing.

Artifice suggests mechanical skill.

Craft implies an expertness in workmanship.

The conscious use of skill and creative imagination in the production of aesthetic objects. The faculty of executing well what one has devised.

Thanksgiving

Today I got a call from Sam who was in Central Park. It made me think of how much I enjoy being there. When I went looking for my photos of Central Park on the computer I realized that most of them are on film. There were a few digital ones from the time Rica and I were there a couple of years ago. It is a wonderful place to have coffee and a pastry with a friend. Enough said.

Last Sunday of October

Permission:

The act of permitting.

Formal consent

Permit:

To consent to expressly or formally.

To give leave.

To make possible.

To allow.

Allow:

To neglect to restrain or prevent.

September Weekend

Little flowers in the yard I photographed before they are gone.

Permission 7

I like moving beyond my own boundaries in photography.

Permission 6

I like the way I write.