Nov 4, 2022WHY BEING SMART ISN’T INTELLIGENTWHY BEING SMART ISN’T INTELLIGENT Or, You’re overthinking. Two thirds of human intelligence is a metaphysical experience. Stop analyzing and do Your work! Here’s a problem Kevin Kelly (founder of Wired Magazine and Whole Earth Review) has observed that we only see two percent of a person, but we also…Intelligence19 min readIntelligence19 min read
Jan 17, 2022The Vision Splendid — a masterpiece of the short short storyWritten by Peter Carey (novel and screenplay), this short short story opens the Australian movie Bliss (1985). Whether Carey knew it or not, he created one of the best movie openings of all time and one of the greatest short short stories in the English language. Even for many who…18 min read18 min read
Dec 28, 2021ON BEING A TRUE EMPATHON BEING A TRUE EMPATH I am a true empath and I am never wrong. “Oh please, that’s just not possible. Only sociopaths and narcissists think they are right all the time, and they are the opposite of empathic.” Yes, that is true. Of course no one can be right…19 min read19 min read
Sep 15, 2021A COVID ALLEGORYA COVID ALLEGORY A COVID ALLEGORY by Sean Arthur , seanarthurart.com So you live on the West Coast. The weather is wonderful because fire season hasn’t started yet. It’ll be horrific when it comes, but for now, smooth sailing. You go the market, you pick up your Significant Other at…14 min read14 min read
Sep 15, 2021Why American Cannot Re-elect Donald Trump, the Twisted KingWhy American Cannot Re-elect Donald Trump, the Twisted King Donald Trump is America’s Dark King. And the Nation no longer needs him. A Radiant King or Queen would have be able to accept defeat with the tacit acknowledgement that the Republic is more important than the win. But Donald Trump…12 min read12 min read
Mar 25, 2021Artists and the Scarcity Principle: truth behind demand, marketing and the importance of…Artists and the Scarcity Principle: truth behind demand, marketing and the importance of originality in your art. Or, how Original Art, Marketing and Demand really work. You’ve created something. Congratulations! Why should anyone give you anything for it? The reasons are many, despite what your ego says. If you want…Creativity14 min readCreativity14 min read
Jan 27, 2021In Defence of Honestly Depicting the Human Body. All of it.At this stage of human evolution I should not have to be writing this. But apparently it’s a never ending story. Preamble: So I had an awkward conversation with someone I’d just met. We started talking about art, and me being an artist, this person wanted to know what kind…20 min read20 min read
Jan 11, 2021Is there a dimension to human sexuality that is beyond our conscious control?Or, Men are Implements, Women are receptacles. — Allow me first to clearly state that while my ‘proofs’ may follow logic, they are only anecdotal and experiential, so none of what I conjecture should be taken as fact; rather, these are ideas to be tested scientifically. I request these ideas not be debated on moral or ethical merits…23 min read23 min read
Dec 27, 2020WHY THE HELL NOT? — A deep rebuttal.WHY THE HELL NOT? — A deep rebuttal. This article is a deep rebuttal to the New York Times article “Can a Woman Who is an Artist ever Just Be An Artist?” Last year, November 7 2019 actually, novelist Rachel Cusk wrote a long, complex feature article, published in the…24 min read24 min read
Dec 23, 2020The Best Artist Paint Makers in the World, a 2020 SurveyThe Best Artist Paint Makers in the World, a 2020 Survey List of Makers of Handmade Artists’ Paints This article originally appeared on my Blog at seanarthurart.com . VISIT! Unfortunately just after I finished this research the Covid-19 virus pandemic descended upon the planet and I don’t know if all these small paint makers are surviving. …5 min read5 min read
