Valori Umani: Harmony

Harmony is the coming together of disparate elements for common purpose. It is the moving together of varied or opposing forces, so that they emerge in a higher truth that all can benefit from (not merely a compromised truth). The value of Teamwork is one variation of the value of Harmony, as is the value of Organization. Harmony is such noble and elevated a value that it can be considered a spiritual value.

Make harmony a permanent personal value that you believe in and practice. Over the next few days and weeks notice points of conflict that appear in your work and life and seek to implement a higher truth, or point of view, or action in each situation that can harmonize the opposing ideas, conflicts between people, and other forms of opposition. [ref]

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Introducing Valori Umani

I have been super busy during the holidays so i wasn't very active in updating my doodle blog. Now, i had the time to dig into my archives and finally here's the debut my new series which i want to call "Valori Umani". This term simply means Human Values in Italian, hehe.( I just want to make it sound good.) Anyways, i doodled these last April 2008 in my planner/doodle book and i spiced it up a bit putting some colors.

These drawings means so much to me. It is a discovery of my self and looking back into the universal human values that we learn during our childhood days which became the guiding principles of our lives. I really like this definition by gurusoftware.net that a Value is a belief, a mission, or a philosophy that is meaningful. These things are intangible like what St. Exupery said in The Little Prince, "It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye."

There are so many values in life and they differ from one person to another. Some may value pride, some would rather choose humility. Some prefer to be more of what they are, some are simply contented. For me, there are so much things to value in life, others are very limited to what they think are valuable to them. I hope this series will translate what values mean for me in a form of a visual art. Valori Umani hopes that you may also ponder on the things that makes your life meaningful. What do you values in life? And more importantly, why are some of these values more important than the others?

2011

Here's a cute bunneh ribbit for a fruitful new year!

Seasons Greetings

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all!

Psykopainting

Last night i read this article in one of my favorite sites which talks about the latest and helpful things you can see in the internet like free fonts, apps, softwares and websites. One of the sites that caught my attention is Psykopaint which you can use to turn your photos into paintings. So i visited the website and tried it out. Here's my first shot in Psykopaint.


Cool, right? I really like doing this. It looks like an abstract painting done by an impressionist. So what are you waiting for? Try it now! Visit Psykopaint.com.

Giants and Rainbows

we are all different

weird, abnormal, a misfit

they say i don't belong

but i'm just a gentle giant

who just want to fit in

in your tiny narrow world

Doodle Sites

Just discovered some cool sites about doodles. Check 'em out:

• Why should you doodle? by Von Glitshka. Great article about the ongoing benefits of developing a doodling habit for creatives.
• Study: Doodling Helps You Pay Attention by John Cloud. This Time magazine article discusses a study that shows how doodling improves cognition, showing that all those characters you draw in the margins actually help you retain information during a lecture.
• Doodlage is a doodle dedicated site. It’s defunct now, but there are still loads of awesome archives to pour through.
• Disciplined Doodle Art. This is an interesting take on doodling. By creating a few rules for your doodling you can make a game of it and focus your style and results a bit.
• Freedom of Doodles by RaShell. This article over on Inspiredology shows some great examples of doodles used in commercial projects, super inspiring.
• Doodle and Creativity: A Working Team. This article discusses the carefree and playful spirit of a doodle and how connected to creativity that is.
• Squidoo Lens on Doodle Art. This is a massive repository of links on this subject.
• Core Art Skills: Part 1, Welcome to the Course by Ben Mounsey. This is the first part in a six part series here on Vectortuts+ where you can take further introductory steps into illustration.