chaotic greek goddess

Art needs a dash of anarchy. One possible escape from that hell is being into art.

JMW Turner, Turning drawing into Art

Science and innovation are chaotic, stochastic processes that cannot be governed and controlled by desk-bound planners and politicians, whatever their intentions.

Kiyosi Ito, There is a difference between the beauty of mathematical structures and that of great art.

Our risk aversion may prove the greatest block to our becoming an innovative art maker.

We need models that explain how small perturbations can lead to wild effects.

psychological entropy

The desire to combat uncertainty and maintain control has long been considered a primary and fundamental motivating force in human life. Any element of a picture requires the image to decide on its meaning.

Science, 3 October 2008: Vol. 322. no. 5898, pp. 115 - 117

What is entropy ?

What is entropy?

It is therefore impossible to give a verbal decription of it, which is, at the same time, an accurate definition.

Richard T. Cox, The algebra of probable inference

Chaos
Zeuxis
Urban
confusing art is secretful, The prince, Niccolo Machiavelli

The prince, Niccolo Machiavelli

It ought to be remembered that there is nothing more uncertain in its success, than to take the lead in the introduction of a new order of things.

Perhaps the only clear conclusion that can be drawn from this page is that secret silly drawings have made an already confusing picture of the origins of art even fuzzier. Keep organized and beware of the anarchy of chaos and art clutter.