AARON STORCK'S ARTS

THINGS I'M THINKING ABOUT:

HUMAN BEINGS AS A PART OF NATURE

HUMAN MIND AND SPIRIT AS PHYSICAL PHENOMENA

AMORALITY AS A FEATURE OF NATURE

AMORALITY AS EXHIBITED IN THE LIVES OF HOUSE CATS, PLANTS, HUMANS

THE WAYS IN WHICH MORALITY DOES NOT PLAY A ROLE IN HUMAN ACTIVITY

THE EXISTENCE OF OBJECTIVE TRUTH

THE COMMON DIFFICULTY OR EVEN IMPOSSIBILITY OF BEING ABLE TO APPREHEND A TRUTH

THE HUMAN MIND IS AN AMAZING MATHEMATICAL ENGINE, WE WILL FIGURE OUT HOW IT WORKS

THE ABILITY OF THE SCIENCES AND MATHEMATICS (IN THEORY ONLY) TO ULTIMATELY DESCRIBE EVERYTHING

A TIME WILL COME WHEN HUMANS CREATE REAL, LIVING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE THAT WILL SUCCEED US, AND WILL DO GREAT THINGS

THE INTERCONNECTEDNESS OF MANY THINGS--BUT NOT ALL THINGS

THE DISCONNECTS THAT SEPARATE MANY THINGS

THE DIZZYING COMPLEXITY OF OUR WORLD

THE INHERENT DIFFICULTY OF COMMUNICATION

THE EXISTENCE OF POOR QUALITY THOUGHT AND UNTRUTH

THE DANGER OF LOGICAL FALLACY

THE USEFULNESS OF LOGICAL FALLACY, UNTRUTH AND EXAGGERATION

A FAVORITE PHRASE, "DON'T BELIEVE EVERYTHING YOU THINK"

THE IMPORTANCE OF ADOPTING A STANCE OF SCIENTIFIC SKEPTICISM WHEN CONFRONTED WITH ANCIENT ALIEN THEORIES, CONSPIRACY THEORIES, NUMEROLOGY, ASTROLOGY, AND THE LIKE

THE REALM OF THE ARTS AS AN APPROPRIATE PLACE TO EXERCISE, PRACTICE, AND ACT OUT IDEAS THAT ARE EXTRA-LOGICAL, INSTINCTIVE, MAGICAL, ASSOCIATIVE, BIZARRE AND NOT NECESSARILY TRUE.

ART IDEAS AND PROJECTS--AS SUCH--ARE GUARANTEED NO INHERENT VALUE, AND RUN A HIGH RISK OF HAVING A POOR DEGREE OF VALUE

I MEAN VALUE IN RELATION TO HUMAN PROGRESS

BY DEGREE OF VALUE I MEAN SOMETHING LIKE; CREATIONISM SCHOLARSHIP = POOR VALUE, SCIENCE RESEARCH = EXCELLENT VALUE.  THERE IS A DEGREE OF OBJECTIVITY TO BE HAD WHEN DISCUSSING THIS KIND OF VALUE.

THERE IS SUCH A THING AS USELESS AND STUPID ACTIVITY, AND ALTHOUGH IT CAN BE DIFFICULT TO KNOW WHAT IS REALLY USELESS AND STUPID, WE CAN HAVE A PRETTY GOOD IDEA

THE PRACTICE OF CONTEMPORARY ART AS HAVING THE POTENTIAL TO TEACH US ABOUT OURSELVES AND ABOUT OUR MINDS

CONTEMPORARY ART AS AN EXPLORATION OF THE POSSIBLE RANGE OF HUMAN THOUGHT, AND AN EXERCISE OF UNBRIDLED CREATIVE POWER

I POSIT THAT ARTISTIC CREATIVITY REMAINS VITAL WITHOUT INPUT FROM TRUTH OR MORALITY.

AS WONDERFUL AND PROMISING AS SCIENCE IS, THERE IS CURRENTLY MUCH ABOUT HUMAN EXPERIENCE, OF WHICH IT HAS LITTLE TO SAY.

ART IS A FLASHLIGHT INTO THE DARKNESS (INTO WHAT WE DON'T UNDERSTAND)

WHAT WE FIND IN ITS BEAM MAY SHOW US USEFUL INSIGHTS--OR IT MAY NOT

I MAKE ART ABOUT THINGS THAT I FIND TO BE PROBLEMATIC, MYSTERIOUS, AND EXCITING

I QUESTION THE VALUE OF DOING THIS WORK