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Fields Of Study

By cataloging our coverage of the arts with related fields of study, this section highlights how the arts can pay homage to, provide solutions for, and inspire dialogue in other disciplines. Explore Fields Of Study.

“Causation in human affairs is multiple… any given event has many causes. Hence it follows that there can be no single sovereign cure for the diseases of the body politic. The remedy for social disorder must be sought simultaneously in many different fields.”
– Aldous Huxley, Ends And Means

Influences

Using data we’ve collected from musicians, artists, and filmmakers, this section draws parallels between works of art and the creative influences — pulled from music, art, film, literature, philosophy, and science — which inspire their creators. Explore Influences.

“As a human being the artist may have many moods and a will and personal aims, but as an artist he is ‘man’ in a higher sense – he is ‘collective man’ — one who carries and shapes the unconscious, psychic life of mankind.” – Carl Jung

Cultures

A focus on our local music scenes in Seattle and Portland, hot-spot cities of New York, San Francisco, and Los Angeles, as well as every country whose creators we have previously written about on REDEFINE. Explore Cultures.

Genres & Styles

As genre-specific tags seem to become less and less useful tools for adequately describing specific sounds and visual styles, our categorizations are extremely general. This breakdown of our site’s tagging is broad; “dance,” for example, encompasses everything from dance music and dance-related films to dance performances; “collage” includes sound collages as well as visual or multimedia collages. More medium-specific tags — like “hardcore” or “painting” — are only used to describe music and art, respectively. Explore Genres & Styles.

Moods & Qualities

A tag cloud that highlights the feelings certain creations inspire or exude, such as unpredictable or light-hearted, or qualities they take on, such as whimsical or fascinating. Explore Moods & Qualities.