Of Wizards, Dragons, Jetpacks and Fly Paper

This following collection of anecdotes, from ancient times until now, examines art’s efficacy for healing mind, body, and soul, offering a resounding, fervent, and beseeching yes. Yes. YES!

When life resembles a dystopian Netflix special amidst a global health crisis, broken environmental, economic, anWd judicial systems and with humans physically, emotionally, and spiritually ailing, we are called to consider the meaning of life, and of our lives in particular. Inevitably, the existential inquiry arises:

“Do I have anything significant to contribute as an artist? Can art really make a difference?”

WHAT WE KNOW NOW

The golden ratio, divine ratio, or Fibonacci sequence, after the Italian mathematician from the late 11th century, is an equation that manifests as a pattern abounding in nature and traditional art.

The mathematical knowledge about the divine ratio goes back to ancient Greece; it returned in art and architecture during the Renaissance. It has been used ever since in classical painting, sculpture, architecture, photography, and modern graphic design. Even the European norm of DIN A paper sizes are based on the golden ratio.

The reason that this proportion found its use in art and design is that it is very pleasing to the eye and gives a sense of harmony. It might have to do with the fact that the proportional relationship is found in the human body as well as in nature, and automatically when applied makes us feel comfortable.

Latest Experiments

I’m regularly cooking up experiments with partners in government and industry to satisfy my three curiosities:
  1. The connectedness between the Gig, Freelance and Creator Economies
  2. The emergence of new industries and the quest to close the skills gap.
  3. The role of entrepreneurship in helping make the Future of Work, work for us.

Past Experiments Alternate