Vincent Van Gogh
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There are so many great works by Vincent Van Gogh and I do like "Cornfields with flowers" a lot, but I think my all time favorite is "Starry Night". Starry Night[^] Both "Cornfields with flowers" and "Starry Night" are from his later period, after he has lost his grip, so to speak. Most of his notable work is from this period in his life when he is alienated from friends and family. I had the pleasure of going to the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam and spending a day noting the transition from his early, somewhat amateurish works, to his full blown insane masterpieces. It was a somewhat sad transformation from ordinary to genius. Sad because I knew the outcome but fascinating none the less. By the way, "Starry Night" is not in the Amsterdam collection. It is in New York City at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. I have seen it there, but, in my opinion, it really belongs with his other works in Amsterdam so there is a more complete record of his life's works all in one place.
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favorite is "Starry Night"
Same here, I've always liked that one.
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I never understood all the ado about him until I saw original paintings surrounded by other contemporary art: these tiny compressed pieces of crazyness, exploding with colors. Cornfield with flowers[^] probably being my favorite. as for Great things are done by a series of small things brought together.: Some diligent guy still has to put some mortar between the bricks.
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You might know Vincent Van Gogh ( 1853-1890 ), he's a painter; I am one of his fans, I like his paintings so much, however I have come through one of his quotes, and I felt it's very relevant to software industry and project management so I wanted to share it with you, the quote is: "Great things are done by a series of small things brought together." Now, I would like to know how do you interpret this quote in terms of today's software methodologies!
Kareem Shaker http://cairocafe.blogspot.com
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You might know Vincent Van Gogh ( 1853-1890 ), he's a painter; I am one of his fans, I like his paintings so much, however I have come through one of his quotes, and I felt it's very relevant to software industry and project management so I wanted to share it with you, the quote is: "Great things are done by a series of small things brought together." Now, I would like to know how do you interpret this quote in terms of today's software methodologies!
Kareem Shaker http://cairocafe.blogspot.com
Oh please lets not get too dewey eyed here . Van Gough was a good painter , but the only reason that he is reverred today is that there is a vast amount of detail of his life , so for once the academics of art can corrolate his mental state with his artistic output . He is as famous because of his daubings ( i like the ones of sheveningen the most ) as he is for anything else . A tortured soul , no doubt. A gifted artist , again I concur , but genius ? Genius is subjective , and in this case I see an industry that would falter if he were not . The king is naked ?
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Oh please lets not get too dewey eyed here . Van Gough was a good painter , but the only reason that he is reverred today is that there is a vast amount of detail of his life , so for once the academics of art can corrolate his mental state with his artistic output . He is as famous because of his daubings ( i like the ones of sheveningen the most ) as he is for anything else . A tortured soul , no doubt. A gifted artist , again I concur , but genius ? Genius is subjective , and in this case I see an industry that would falter if he were not . The king is naked ?
Andrew Torrance wrote:
the only reason that he is reverred today is that there is a vast amount of detail of his life
steady on... there are tens of thousands of painters for whom "there is a vast amount of detail of his [or her] life" yet who are not regarded as great, so this can hardly be the "only reason" that VG is... I have to admit, I don't go overboard about him, but he did have a certain je ne sais croix... and I speak as someone whi is very, very cynical about what the "art world" regards as "good art" - David Bowie showed them up beautifully - this still makes me laugh: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/75207.stm[^]
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Andrew Torrance wrote:
the only reason that he is reverred today is that there is a vast amount of detail of his life
steady on... there are tens of thousands of painters for whom "there is a vast amount of detail of his [or her] life" yet who are not regarded as great, so this can hardly be the "only reason" that VG is... I have to admit, I don't go overboard about him, but he did have a certain je ne sais croix... and I speak as someone whi is very, very cynical about what the "art world" regards as "good art" - David Bowie showed them up beautifully - this still makes me laugh: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/75207.stm[^]
Nice link - thanks for sharing that. Nice to see someone hoist these fools up on their petards.
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Marc Clifton wrote:
In the hands of a VB programmer, you get something you might stick on your refrigerator with a magnet.
yeah yeah ok ha ha BUT if all you want is your garage whitewashed there's no point in using expensive emulsion and employiing Michaelangelo, is there? "Use the right tools for thr right job" - simple and true. An awful lot of SME software requiremetns can be done quickly and efficiently with VB - and they can easily find people to mainain it as and when required if the oprigianl coder diappears (or moves on to other things,....) And, to Kareem:
Kareem Shaker wrote:
You might know Vincent Van Gogh ( 1853-1890 ), he's a painter;
Yes, Kareem, I think we might know him... ... my favourite is still "Almond Blossom" - the original (in the VG museum in Amsterdam) is just awesome...
so you're not one of the nerds :)
Kareem Shaker http://cairocafe.blogspot.com
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You might know Vincent Van Gogh ( 1853-1890 ), he's a painter; I am one of his fans, I like his paintings so much, however I have come through one of his quotes, and I felt it's very relevant to software industry and project management so I wanted to share it with you, the quote is: "Great things are done by a series of small things brought together." Now, I would like to know how do you interpret this quote in terms of today's software methodologies!
Kareem Shaker http://cairocafe.blogspot.com
Sounds like a bottom-up vs top-down situation?
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Sounds like a bottom-up vs top-down situation?
I think it's more close to be Top-down.
Kareem Shaker http://cairocafe.blogspot.com
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You might know Vincent Van Gogh ( 1853-1890 ), he's a painter; I am one of his fans, I like his paintings so much, however I have come through one of his quotes, and I felt it's very relevant to software industry and project management so I wanted to share it with you, the quote is: "Great things are done by a series of small things brought together." Now, I would like to know how do you interpret this quote in terms of today's software methodologies!
Kareem Shaker http://cairocafe.blogspot.com
Very applicable to Project Management. In fact, know that quote by heart should be worth at least one PDU.
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