Apr 27, 2020, 1:03 PM
What is excellence? Excellence is Art.
DISAMBIGUATION (Properties)
- craftsmanship (physical action)
- … … materials (physical materials)
- aesthetics (senses, design)
- … … form follows function (without excess)
- meaning (mind, content, associations)
- … … captures a period in time (index)
- uniqueness (novelty)
- … … fulfills its promise (is ‘honest’)
- competitiveness (by triangulation)
Culminates in Excellence
All human action can be tested by this method.
All of it. Everything humans do.
CAUSALITY
“Fertility”
“Beauty is the presence of resources”
“Excellence is the presence of Human Investment”
“Human investment is the evidence of time invested”
“The evidence of human mind and hand”
HIERARCHY
Children > Amature > Student > Practitioner > Craftsman > Master Craftsman > Artist > Representative of Movement > Peak of Movement > Peak Across Movements