Blog - Ben Lau

The Writing

Eighty-three essays and meditations on art, beauty, and painting, written by Ben Lau between 2006 and 2017. From True Art Blog and The Alpha Seer.

2006
February 11, 2006 True Art Blog About Ben Taishing Lau
February 17, 2006 True Art Blog FROM THE SAME FOUNTAIN
February 18, 2006 True Art Blog FROM THE SAME FOUNTAIN II
February 19, 2006 True Art Blog My Nefertiti
February 20, 2006 True Art Blog AMAZING STATEMENT BY EDGAR ALLAN POE !
February 22, 2006 True Art Blog How close calligraphy is to painting?
February 23, 2006 True Art Blog Knox Martin Drawing
February 23, 2006 True Art Blog WHAT IS COMPOSITION?
February 24, 2006 True Art Blog WHICH IS THE "ODD MAN OUT"?
February 25, 2006 True Art Blog ONE OF THE RAREST TRIUMPHS IN LIFE IS TO FIND OUT THAT ONE ACTUALLY HAS EYES.
February 26, 2006 True Art Blog THE RHYMES AND RHYTHMS IN PAINTING AND POETRY
February 28, 2006 True Art Blog WHAT IS VERSE?
February 28, 2006 True Art Blog Don’t laugh too soon, the poet may be laughing at YOU!
March 4, 2006 True Art Blog PILGRIMAGE TO THE SHRINE OF BEAUTY
March 4, 2006 True Art Blog BEN LAU: PAINTER OF CHILDREN, ANIMALS AND LOVERS
March 6, 2006 True Art Blog KNOX MARTIN: GALLANT LOVER OF WOMEN
March 11, 2006 True Art Blog THE RHYMES, RHYTHMS AND METERS IN GREAT ART:MATHEMATICS
March 12, 2006 True Art Blog KNOX MARTIN AND HIS PEERLESS,TIMELESS ART
March 16, 2006 True Art Blog A SATIRE: IS IT BETTER OR WORSE IF YOUR DOCTOR, WHO HAS JUST BEEN EXPOSED AS AN IMPOSTOR, IS NO LONGER SERVING THE MEDICAL NEEDS OF YOUR FAMILY?(THE RHYMES, RHYTHMS AND METERS OF THREE DUTCH MASTERS)
March 19, 2006 True Art Blog THE MYTHS ABOUT FRANS HALS
March 25, 2006 True Art Blog WHAT ROLE DOES EROTICA PLAY IN THE POETIC PRINCIPLE? (an erotic poem and some engaging artworks)
March 25, 2006 True Art Blog WATTEAU’S SUPREME MATHEMATICAL RELATIONSHIPS IN HIS COMPOSITIONS
March 25, 2006 True Art Blog ANOTHER WATTEAU PAINTING
March 25, 2006 True Art Blog MATHEMATICAL RELATIONSHIPS
March 25, 2006 True Art Blog THE RHYMES, RHYTHMS AND METERS OF FABULOUS RUBENS
March 25, 2006 True Art Blog AMAZING SUPREME MATHEMATICAL RELATIONSHIPS IN HIS COMPOSITION
March 25, 2006 True Art Blog THE GREATEST PAINTER OF ALL TIMES: TITIAN’S RHYMES, RHYTHMS AND METERS IN HIS PRISTINE COMPOSTION
March 25, 2006 True Art Blog THE PEERLESS JAN VAN EYCK, WIZARD OF SUPREME MATHEMATICAL RELATIONSHIP AND THE INVENTOR OF EUROPEAN PAINTING : THE MATHEMATICS IN HIS COMPOSITION
March 28, 2006 True Art Blog WHERE DID THE MODERN EUROPEAN MASTERS GET THEIR LESSONS FROM?
March 31, 2006 True Art Blog SEXY REDHEAD SIZES UP HER MAN KNOX MARTIN (Evaluating a masterpiece by Knox Martin through comparisions)
April 3, 2006 True Art Blog MASTER BEN LAU’S FIRST CYBER SPACE EXHIBITION
April 14, 2006 True Art Blog TWO GREAT CHINESE POETS: THE EMPEROR AND HIS PRIME MINISTER
April 22, 2006 True Art Blog LAS MENINAS BY ALPHA SEER VELAZQUEZ
September 16, 2006 True Art Blog A DEBATE ON ALPHA ART IV. (a most significant debate of its kind!)
September 16, 2006 True Art Blog A DEBATE ON ALPHA ART III (a most significant debate of its kind!)
September 16, 2006 True Art Blog A DEBATE ON ALPHA ART II (a most significant debate of its kind!)
September 16, 2006 True Art Blog A DEBATE ON ALPHA ART I (a most significant debate of its kind!)
2007
February 18, 2007 True Art Blog INTERVIEWING MASTER BEN LAU
March 9, 2007 True Art Blog THE SACRED FOUNTAIN THAT THE SOUL DRINKS FROM
April 27, 2007 True Art Blog COMPARING TWO CAT DRAWINGS
April 28, 2007 True Art Blog A MASTERPIECE BY BEN LAU: "NUDE WITH CAT"
April 28, 2007 True Art Blog A MASTERPIECE BY THE GREAT KNOX MARTIN
April 28, 2007 True Art Blog WHAT AN ECSTATIC WAY TO DRAW THE BUST!
May 17, 2007 True Art Blog THE POETRY IS IN THE UNSPOKEN
May 17, 2007 True Art Blog A MILLION DOLLAR JOB: THREE BALLERINAS
May 22, 2007 True Art Blog MOGUL BEN LAU
June 6, 2007 True Art Blog THE ROLE OF NARRATIVE IN PAINTING
June 10, 2007 True Art Blog THE SACRED IS UNTHINKABLE!
June 12, 2007 True Art Blog THE MATURE BRIDE IS A MILLION DOLLAR JOB!
June 29, 2007 True Art Blog The McKnight Foundation
June 29, 2007 True Art Blog More about the McKnight Foundation
June 29, 2007 True Art Blog Master Knox’s Comment on a Young Writer’s Work
July 5, 2007 True Art Blog JB: THE POST MODERN ART HISTORIAN
July 8, 2007 True Art Blog HERD INSTINCT I
July 9, 2007 True Art Blog HERD INSTINCT II (Comparing a million dollar job with a 2 million dollar job)
August 1, 2007 True Art Blog HERD INSTINCT III
2008
June 11, 2008 The Alpha Seer About
2009
April 21, 2009 The Alpha Seer WAHYANONEFAMILY FOUNDATION’S LATEST ENDOWMENT: 8 Fine Prints from the Great Knox Martin
April 21, 2009 The Alpha Seer WAHYANONEFAMILY FOUNDATION’S LATEST ENDOWMENT: Geometric Ground Plan and Integrity in Knox Martin’s Art
May 5, 2009 The Alpha Seer WAHYANONEFAMILY FOUNDATION: understanding true art, . . .
May 10, 2009 The Alpha Seer UNDERSTANDING ART THROUGH B&W COMPARISON
May 31, 2009 The Alpha Seer NOBEL PRIZE JOB: DRAWING WITH GEOMETRIC GROUND PLAN
September 4, 2009 The Alpha Seer HTTP://ALPHASEER@ARTISTS.DE where the Alpha Seer rules
October 31, 2009 The Alpha Seer MASTER BEN LAU SAYS:
December 19, 2009 The Alpha Seer WHAT IS A COMPLETE WORK OF ART?
2010
April 5, 2010 The Alpha Seer WORK IN PROGRESS Vs WORK IN COMPLETION
April 22, 2010 The Alpha Seer Beauty is universal harmony
December 6, 2010 The Alpha Seer PROFESSOR LEANDER S. HUGHES ON THE ALPHA SEER
December 29, 2010 The Alpha Seer DELICIOUS BUT DIFFICULT TRUTH
2011
February 15, 2011 The Alpha Seer THE ONLY WAY TO VIEW CEZANNE’S PAINTING AT THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART
March 9, 2011 The Alpha Seer The Great Master (http://www.knoxmartin.com)In Praise of the Alpha Seer, a.k.a Master Ben Lau
April 1, 2011 The Alpha Seer WHAT DID MASTER BEN LAU (a.k.a the Alpha Seer) DO WHEN HE WENT TO GRADUATE SCHOOL?
2012
June 13, 2012 The Alpha Seer LEARNING COMPOSITION THROUGH COMPARISON
June 28, 2012 The Alpha Seer Knox Martin: WOW! (Email to Ben Lau, June 2012)
November 10, 2012 The Alpha Seer THE ALPHA SEER ON AN ARTICLE ON "SHE" by Dr. W. Fried Ph.D.
November 15, 2012 The Alpha Seer The la-la Land of Dr. W. Fried Ph.D.
2014
November 26, 2014 The Alpha Seer GREAT COMPOSITION VERSUS LOUSY COMPOSITION
December 7, 2014 The Alpha Seer AS CELEBRITIES, ARE THESE PEOPLE AT THE CORE OF ART?
2015
January 9, 2015 The Alpha Seer ANOTHER MASTERPIECE BY THE ALPHA SEER A.K.A. BEN LAU
June 3, 2015 The Alpha Seer DON’T TELL ME YOU LOVE ART, PROFESSOR!
2016
April 2, 2016 The Alpha Seer VELAZQUEZ’ MASTERPIECE, LAS MENINAS
2017
March 11, 2017 The Alpha Seer THE SUBJECT MATTER OF ART IS ART ITSELF

True Art Blog 2006–2007 · The Alpha Seer 2008–2017