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1 | This is my art scoring system. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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3 | It's based on what I value in art. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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5 | Which are great and unique ideas that are meaningful, | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | told with honest human expression, | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | and are communicated without fluff in a way that's not unnecessarily hard to access. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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9 | Instructions | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | - Use the final score in column i to find art worth experiencing. The final score is a weighted average of the category scores of columns c to h. The weight for each category is seen in row 25. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | - Or, use the category score in columns c to h to fine tune the type of art you'd find worth experiencing. Maybe you're okay with a level 2 of accessibility if it has a level 4 of quality. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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13 | I don't like scoring things out of 4 because 3 always becomes a cop out from having an opinion | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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15 | Final Score | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | 1 - Not worth finishing. Got no value from it. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | 2 - Not worth suggesting. Dissapointing. Got some value from it. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | 3 - Worth suggesting. Very insightful. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | 4 - Paradigm-shifting. Impactful. Actively recommending. Tell everyone. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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22 | 1 - Not at all | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | 2 - A little bit | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
24 | 3 - Yes a good amount | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
25 | 4 - Extreme amount | 25% | 25% | 15% | 10% | 15% | 10% | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
26 | Strength of ideas or information | Connection to ideas | Communication of ideas | Rating | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
27 | Title | Author | Novelty | Quality | Meaningfulness | Human Expression | Length | Accessibility | Final Score | Note | Medium | |||||||||||||||||||
28 | Dune | Frank Herbert | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4.00 | A perfect epic. Not a page wasted. The depth of the world is incredible. It made feel like a tourist every time I went to read. The longer I read the more I understood the setting, the history, the culture, and the lore. I started to feel like a resident. You dont get ramped up on the context, you get dropped in the middle of it and then figure it out. The character development of Jessica and Paul and their relationship are top tier. It's the well known heros journey done to the highest quality. The only thing you want more of is supporting character development because they're so interesting, but it makes up for that with the lore. | Book | |||||||||||||||||||
29 | Alice's Adventures in Wonderland | Lewis Carroll | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3.85 | All time great piece of art. The definition of creativity meeting craftsmanship. You can anticpate the absurdity and bizareness as much as you want but it will still always one up your expectation. Emotion, philosophy, and nonsense. The book showed be the power of what you can create if you suspend your belief just a tad. | Book | |||||||||||||||||||
30 | Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? | Phillip K. Dick | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3.75 | This is book is not about the sci-fi. The sci-fi is just a medium to tell a story about empathy, humanity, and purpose, and it does so extremely well. Plenty of moments that left me thinking about being human and interfacing with the world. It also is a good preamble ahead of a world where we have AI companions and humanoids in our homes and in public. The writing is as efficient as it gets, it is committed to the story and it's themes. There is no waste and no fat. The book has a perfect understanding of what it is. | Book | |||||||||||||||||||
31 | The Handmaids Tale | Margaret Atwood | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3.55 | I struggled rating this because the book presents unique ideas and is done well, but I wanted more of it. I wanted to explore deeper. But that also is part of what makes great art. You want more of it. It's less of a story and more of an exploration of what would a few days look like if this happened to the world. | Book | |||||||||||||||||||
32 | On the Brink of Everything | Parker Palmer | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3.50 | Very good. Very vulnerable human expression coupled with very good ideas from a long life of experience. | Book | |||||||||||||||||||
33 | The Old Man and the Sea | Ernest Hemingway | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3.50 | What a great experience. This story is a master class of pacing. External events that push the story along meet moments of internal reflection that make it meaningful and then before it gets boring or drawn out there is an external event that keeps the story going and then repeat. This is the type of book that would make you think it's easy. Great character going through the experience of catching a big fish. | Book | |||||||||||||||||||
34 | Measure of My Days | Florida Scott-Maxwell | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3.40 | Chefs kiss. This is ELITE human expression and vulnerability. Absolutely ELITE. This is a book of musings from a thoughtful woman who has lived a long life. | Book | |||||||||||||||||||
35 | Mans Search for Meaning | Viktor Frankl | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3.10 | Unbelievable book on finding meaning in ANY situation. If he could find meaning anyone can. EXPRESSION, VULNERABILITY, AND KNOWLEDGE. | Book | |||||||||||||||||||
36 | The War of Art | Steven Pressfield | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2.95 | This is not a general read. Read this if you want to crerate, or struggle with creating, and it will be perfect in your eyes. | Book | |||||||||||||||||||
37 | A Christmas Carole | Charles Dickens | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2.80 | It is a classic for a reason. It is a little bit inaccessible and straightforward, but very well done. I just wish it had more emotion. | ||||||||||||||||||||
38 | The Wire | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2.90 | This show is great and part of the canon for a reason. The systems and society are the main characters and the stars of the show. It does what it intends to do very well, showing how systems absorb people. You watch this show feeling that you can't blame anyone for their actions, because they're doing what they're incentivized to do. By biggest gripe in the lack of human expression. You get it in sparse moments, but oftentimes it's done very weak and I don't care about it. Like Jimmy and Greggs marital problems. The deepest characters are a few of gangsters and they are a master class of development. | |||||||||||||||||||||
39 | Art of Loving | Erich Fromm | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2.65 | Good ideas, but too long. Would be amazing if more compact. | Book | |||||||||||||||||||
40 | The Night of the Grizzlies | Jack Olsen | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2.55 | Very good at using the horrifying incidents at Glacier park to illustrate what behaviours influenced modern day policy and persception of bears. Amazing at its job of telling the incidents. | Book | |||||||||||||||||||
41 | The Book of Disquiet | Fernando Pessoa | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2.50 | Still reading. | Book | |||||||||||||||||||
42 | The Four Loves | C.S. Lewis | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2.40 | Some good ideas on love. Too drawn out. | Book | |||||||||||||||||||
43 | The Denial of Death | Ernest Becker | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2.40 | Some good ideas but too much filler. Would be a CRAZY good book if it was smaller. | Book | |||||||||||||||||||
44 | The Solid Form of Language | Robert Bringhurst | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2.40 | The book is a mix of technically how languages are constructed and developed as well as philosophically what language is and the relationship between language and people how they influence each other. The former makes up much of the book and is oftentimes boring. The latter is what kept me reading to finish it, but there just wasn't enough of that to end it happy. | ||||||||||||||||||||
45 | Letter to my Daughter | Maya Angelou | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2.30 | Chapter one was a great idea, the following chapters have some moving stories, but the book isn't really filled with much insight after the first chapter. For me anyways. Some people might love the other stuff, but I don't care for it. | Book | |||||||||||||||||||
46 | Leonardo Da Vinci | Walter Isaacson | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2.20 | Great at capturing the works of Leonardo and good at illustrating what made him a genius, but left wanting more insight into him. Got a good idea of him, but craving the next step. However may not be possible because he lived 500 years ago. | Book | |||||||||||||||||||
47 | The Creative Act | Rick Rubin | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2.15 | Great for people new to the art and self-expression world, but if you've done any sort of art seriously or consistently, you've naturally learned and experienced 90% of what he has to say. More so reassures that your feelings and thoughts are normal, than teaches you anything new. | Book | |||||||||||||||||||
48 | The Hidden Life of Trees | Peter Wohlleben | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2.10 | Still reading. | Book | |||||||||||||||||||
49 | The Diary of a Young Girl | Anne Frank | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2.05 | This is really just a teenage girls diary and her talking about fighting with her family and boys with the occasional like once every hour mention of her pain. Not blaming Anne for not writing something profound, I'm blaming everyone else for making it a big deal. | Book | |||||||||||||||||||
50 | Life's Work | David Milch | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2.05 | Some entertaining peaks behind the scenes of Hollywood writing and some great into the man he is, but not enough. Started strong as he expressed his childhood, but it tapered off later in the book as stopped expressing who he was in adulthood, and then only at the very end did it go back to extreme expression. Lacking in the passing down of valuable information. It is amazing that this book was even written though, given his amnesia. Insane. | Book | |||||||||||||||||||
51 | Creativity Inc. | Edwin Catmull | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2.00 | Worth finishing just for the Pixar stories if you're a Pixar fan. Mostly business and management advice. Some good ideas on culture. | Book | |||||||||||||||||||
52 | Let Your Life Speak | Parker Palmer | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1.95 | Platitudes. Shit. | Book | |||||||||||||||||||
53 | What's a Dog For | John Homans | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1.95 | Put it down (no pun intended). Mostly reciting facts from studies and inferring what that means about dogs. Boring. I want real life human answers to the question "Whats A Dog For?" | Book | |||||||||||||||||||
54 | Life With Picasso | Francoise Gilot | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1.90 | Still reading. | Book | |||||||||||||||||||
55 | Walden | Henry Thoreau | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1.75 | Still reading. | Book | |||||||||||||||||||
56 | Unweaving the Rainbow | Richard Dawkins | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1.75 | Great at its purpose of teaching science. Doesn't move me or change my life though. | Book | |||||||||||||||||||
57 | The Wave in the Mind | Ursula K. le Guin | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1.55 | Book of her critiquing writing? Don't care. | Book | |||||||||||||||||||
58 | The Life of the Mind | Hannah Arendt | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | Too wordy, too technical, too boring. | Book | |||||||||||||||||||
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