thoughts on the general overall condition of artists and art -

geez - I wonder if any of the accountants in the world or the bookkeepers or the doctors - lawyers - musicians - waiters - ever feel the need to critize and claim that one or the other can't do accounting or doctoring or sing or wait - no wait paint or create art or whatever there is a parallel - I remember this skater I think it was in the Olympics who had another skater injured because of the fierce competition and then someone told me the other day that they ballet dancers in the Bolshoi are beating up on the other ballet dancers - in fighting in the ballet because of -- competition - jealousies whatever - you want to be heard above the other person and personal assaults seem like the way to go or you feel that you know more than someone else and that there work does not measure up to what should be lived up to in order to call what we are talking about - art - perhaps some alien from outer space or some spiritual entity representing the Universal spirit collective will come down from the heavens and proclaim that no one - not one should - not Van Gogh or Rubens or Warhol or Valasquez or de Kooning or Pollock - or Haring or well not one person here on planet earth has come close to knowing let along producing what - REAL art is - then what will all of you do - sit there with your mouths open and gasp in wonder - the truth is that no one has yet to create the ultimate art - we are all - struggling to work towards something more perfect - something more real - something more beautiful (in some cases) or more truer or whatever it is that we are so inspired (through inspiration) to achieve - and through the struggle - the trials and errors - the rethinking - the questioning and the doubting that we have when we are creating our own work or thereafter when we are looking at the results of our efforts - there is only to learn by viewing other people's attempt at producing their work - where they have gone what they have done and what the results have been along with the reactions that the viewers have given others' work and how they have responded with the dollar or yen or rupple - it all seems to matter except when we get back to the canvas - the drawing pad - the computer screen - the wherever it is that we begin the adventure again or pick up and continue on for we are all headed no matter what the subject matter we are tackling or emanating or living - we are all headed into unexplored territory - always !

How much of the Universe do we know about?

I would imagine that our knowledge of the Universe depends on how much development there has been in the human mind - as the human mind develops there becomes an increased ability for mankind to understand more and more of what exists and has existed in the Universe throughout time - only now human kind is becoming more and more capable of comprehending what exists - …………………………………………….
11-25-2013HABCDEFGHIJK by Walter Paul Bebirian

regarding the use of hyperlinks in my entries in various discussions

OK - what I am watching and thinking about at this point in time here is a video with detailed geometric lines illustrating the structure that can be found in analyzing the Mona Lisa - I am not sure whether the geometry was used to create the painting or there was someone who was very interested in placing his geometric lines on a famous painting in order to prove that there is a geometric relationship in well painted art (at least during the period that the Mona Lisa was painted) - or was Da Vinci's way of things very geometrical because of the training that he might have had - or the way that he thinks - yes he seems to have invented a few things in his books but how would he have done in Steve Jobs' place when faced with the possibility of creating an iPad or an iPhone - in this instance in our relatively recent past Jobs did not make an linear improvement but made a quantum improvement of a 100 of 1000 fold - a geometrically improved advance in the technology - were they thinking on similar planes - was Da Vinci a relative Jobs in his time? what about the education that Jobs had - he was motivated to leave higher education because of the financial strain it would place on his adoptive parents but did choose one single course - typography - that radically changed the course of computers and their development - and then his education grew exponentially while working at Apple and Next and Pixar so that in each instance whatever he was doing and working with his knowledge and the developments that he encouraged grew exponentially - by utilizing different knowledge from different disciplines he created tools that have advanced society in a multitude of ways and which still are advancing the potential of society still every moment - but are the individuals that are living in this society as a whole - up to reaching any fraction of this potential that they have in their hands - at their finger tips and will the society advance in a positive direction - Jobs is known not to look at what is and ask what do people want - but to ask how will anyone know what they want unless we show them what they want - this entire discussion reminds me of people looking to be told where they should go as opposed to the individuals here telling the viewers of the world where to go with their thinking - where to explore - where to find the new corners of the Universe - how to advance - where to educate themselves and just how many new planes to experience - as to the links above - I cannot - would not dare to tell any of you to either click on them or what was there before you went forward and made the step yourself for discovery - of course there is a title to each of the videos - but the reality is - (and this I am conscious of every moment of every day) that no two people will see anything the same - especially the infinite images in a video - the thousands of concepts put forth in any interview either placed in the mind by the interviewers or by the person being interviewed and so much (from what I saw and can see) was answered that I simply put the video links there in response to questions that were being asked - that were being explored or to questionable statements that were being made about some of the different artist throughout history in some instances the artists right in the videos on the other side of the links actually explored their own personal definitions of art - which in addition to the other elements I have written about directly above - was definitely (from my perspective) an interesting element (their personal definitions of art which they were exploring or espousing) to add to this very conversation - it is because I see the hyperlink as such a great tool that it is able to bring in these outside elements if the viewer is at all interested in a conversation that they are in from the perspective of actually listening to what other's are saying as opposed to merely spouting out what it is that they have to say or to prove themselves more knowledgeable and superior in some odd sort of way that I use them in the way that I do - wishing in no way - generally to be so mechanical as to inject or force anyone to utilize what I have placed in the conversation while at the same time - giving the participant in such a conversation as this to explore - as I have done - the different avenues or highways or channels or universes that may be entered along the way of the on dimensional conversation - thus giving is a multidimensional structure - ……………………………………………………………
7-1-2013EABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRTUVWXYZA by Walter Paul Bebirian

Social Media Just Tools?

Post by Walter Paul Bebirian/Bebirianart.com.

Some More Thoughts on Where I Am and Why I Am Creating More and More Art -

When I create art it seems to me that I either with a photograph or an abstract create a world or situation that does not quite exist in the every day normal world either for very long *(when I capture an interesting moment) or at all (when I create an abstract image that does not seem to resemble anything at all of the world that we are able to see - In this way I am able to either expand my existence to encompass the moment that I have capture in a photograph or to remain in a world that I saw within my mind and actually live there and very often create entire new universes within that inner world - These moments or new worlds, are for me, extremely enjoyable to live within and when I am in them there are many new and exciting thoughts and ideas that come to me that I can and will eventually bring to my reality - It is my hope that the sharing of these images may either touch some of the viewers in the same way or simply encourage them to do the same type of creating for themselves - And while it is true that I am extremely happy and entriqued with every one of the new worlds that I have created so far - there is absolutely no way that I want to stop exploring within for new and exciting places to be -
3-24-2009PABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRTU by Walter Paul Bebirian

more on what is art and is what I create Art -

OMG - I just thought of something - what happens if someone makes a purchase from me thinking that what I have created is a real work of art - and then wow the entire knowledgeable world comes and says to that person that what they have purchased is not real art - what should I do? what should they do? why did they think that what I was showing in my collection of art was really really really really art - should I try and change their mind? should I go forward and try and create art which fits everyone else's definition of what art is? should I take a ride on a motorcycle and look for Dr House and Wilson? or can I possibly continue on as I have been doing - creating the images that I absolutely love to create and have been creating for most of my entire life? The real question is what would you do - faced with the prospect that the entire world might consider what you love to do - if the entire world came out from their corners of the world and proclaimed now that you had finally sold something - that what you had sold was not really art? or would you run right back to this particular thread right here on LinkedIn (where I originally wrote this post) and try and convince all of the people of the world (and the few people here on this thread) that what you are creating ------- well - is art?

An Interesting Idea and taking it and making it work for Myself!

just last night a very sweet and gentle young lady from Japan now living in California sent me a message about how difficult times are for her in California now and how she was asking for donations in order to keep her beautiful art pure and without commercialization - I did not hesitate about donating some money since I had seen a great deal of her work which is most astounding - and then I began to think - in all honesty - my very own situation - if I do not make any sales soon at the prices that I have set - may actually become similar to her's and with the amount of art (over 175,000 images) that I have already placed on the Internet and about another 200,000 waiting on my computer to be uploaded - perhaps I could encourage people to make a slight donation even as small as $1.00 (or a much lager amount if they like) if they feel that there has been some value in their being able to view my art for free in my online galleries (I do not make prints or canvases to hang on walls of galleries or museums which in my mind makes my work even rarer than any limited editions since only if a person really really really likes a piece after they have looked and liked it so much that they are willing to pay the prices that I ask for) and so I went ahead and placed this concept in this new digital fundraising that my friend had utilized and sent to me so that perhaps times might be only slightly better for myself as well - here is what I was able to create: http://fnd.us/c/fdFga/sh/62B00d and perhaps you might have an idea how to share this with others who might be interested in viewing my art and may perhaps enjoy the experience well enough that they might be interested in contributing to my existed to go further on with my current project - http://www.kulesearch.com/kulebuzz972/THE-MOST-POWERFUL-IDEA-ON-THE-PLANET.html thank you! Sincerely, Walter