Comments for Bryan Beus

Comment on Foggy Cityscapes by admin

admin — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 03:16:17 +0000

Thank you Marcos!

Comment on Foggy Cityscapes by Marcos Mateu

Marcos Mateu — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 15:06:22 +0000

The city at its best! (Love the video!)

Comment on Foggy Cityscapes by admin

admin — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 02:30:59 +0000

oh it was nothing. you know, just glad I was there and had eaten my spinach just moment before

Comment on Foggy Cityscapes by Ken Chandler

Ken Chandler — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 00:51:52 +0000

You forgot to mention how you held up the fallen crane just long enough for everyone to get out of the building. Or how you put the guy following you around into a full nelson and then called your boss. Still, great story– though I was sad to hear about Richard’s studio being destroyed. … and glad to know that Jack the Ripper didn’t get you. Sounds like ‘someone’s’ got your back. Gorgeous photos Bryan, thanks for sharing!

Comment on Foggy Cityscapes by Nate C

Nate C — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 14:54:38 +0000

Great pictures! Between you and my friend who just got back from the Big Apple, it makes me want to apply to Brooklyn College.

Comment on Redefining Visual Spaces by Foggy Cityscapes | Bryan Beus

Foggy Cityscapes | Bryan Beus — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 04:48:17 +0000

[...] We had no where to go, so Richard called up a friend at the Beekman Hotel on 49th Street. His friend was kind enough to allow us to use their Presidential sweet, which was around twenty-five floors up and from there we saw many beautiful views of the Trump Tower (only half a block away) like this one: Sometimes the fog in the city would get so thick that you could only vaguely see the shapes of dim, massive, dark buildings lurking around you, and the glowing lights of street cars swam around below you as well. The view was so inspiring that we decided to do a video to showcase of our art going into large spaces like the Trump Tower. (I’ve already posted it here.) [...]

Comment on On being an “Original” by Sara Nybo

Sara Nybo — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 19:50:41 +0000

Bryan, I particularly love Ayn Rand also… as a starting point, I would recommend the Fountainhead. Not nearly as long as Atlas Shrugged, but still has some amazing points. I also found it personally engaging with the connections to art and architecture, whereas Atlas Shrugged is far more about industry, government, etc. Both are excellent books however. I also enjoy “Anthem” every now and then… a very quick and fulfilling read.

Thank you for expressing your thoughts. Absolutely enlightening.

Comment on On “Trust” by Ken Chandler

Ken Chandler — Sat, 22 May 2010 11:50:57 +0000

Amazing piece Bryan!

Comment on On being an “Original” by admin

admin — Tue, 18 May 2010 01:49:19 +0000

Thanks for the recommendation, I will take a second look next time I run across her work:)

Comment on On being an “Original” by Peter Sakievich

Peter Sakievich — Mon, 17 May 2010 01:08:20 +0000

You should read Ayn Rand before you write her off too much (I believe your hero Ron Paul named his son Rand after her), she thinks of self and selfishness as something different than what we normally preconceive it to be, the expression of self in her description has more to do with the actions we take to express our values, or in a word, integrity. In short, if your values are associated with storytelling, then the actions that you choose to take will express that, if you tell yourself and others that and your actions do not reflect that, then you have a serious problem. A great thought that comes up in her work is this, “Contradictions do not exist. Whenever you think you are facing a contradiction, check your premises. You will find that one of them is wrong.” I’ve discovered that this idea is a powerful check on my assumptions about relationship between the character I think a person has and their actual actions.

I can’t recommend her literature high enough, she will engage you in a dialogue about your values and your perception of them and while you will not always reach her conclusions (nor necessarily should you), you will have spent time engaging a compelling mind.