Introductions to The School of Smirk and General Teachings
Text, audio, and video content including prefaces, premises, notes, founding principals, and prerequisites pertaining to Daniel’s manner of dissemination, objectives and intent, and source material.
"A Letter to Potential Students of The S.O.S."(Image: Vonnegut's Asterisk)
"S.O.S. Introductions and Proposals" (Image: Ouroboros and The Philosopher's Stone)
Video: "Our Goals" (Image: Cover of "Gödel, Escher, Bach: an Eternal Golden Braid", by Douglas R. Hofstadter -20th Anniversary Edition's Preface referenced in Daniel's work)
"S.O.S. Introduction" (Image: Apollo with Halo)
"S.O.S. Introduction 2" (Image: Celtic Cross -Embodying and Highlighting Function-)
Video: "An Opening Statement" (Image: Paranoic Face, by Salvador Dalí -Stone becomes consequential reality-)
"A Preface" (Image: Prayer Hands, Copy from Durer)
"Additional Introductions" (Image: Flower Still-Life, by Ambrosius Bosschaert the Elder)
"A Brief Bio and Seminar Introduction"(Image: Borromean Rings)
Video: "What We Do And How We Do It!"(Image: Sigma Symbol Shop and SOS Logo!)
Video: "Introduction Part 1" (Image: Dream Caused by the Flight of a Bee, by Salvador Dalí -Energy of unconscious thought becomes consequential and meaningful-)
Video: "Introduction Part 2" (Image: Impossible Cube)
Video: "Introduction Part 3 (Image: Martha Graham)
Video: "Introduction Part 4"
Video: "Introduction Part 5" (Image: Woman in Front of The Sun, by J. Miró)
Audio: "Introduction to Music Lessons!" (Image: Acropolis at Karthea, Kea)
Please click on an image to watch, listen to, or read the excerpt, note to students, precept, offering, proposal, preface, or introduction found in the image’s caption. Here’s a prerequisite for you: The only thing you need to understand, engage, and so gain from my teachings, is that you are Human. Enjoy!
SOS puts God, Infinity, The Function of Religion, beneficial metaphysical messages passed etc., back into comprehension of the work of artists who were so clearly and explicitly utilizing Art to discuss such all-touching matters. Looking through this lens, we comprehend more and do so by interacting with Art in the way we will discover the artist is teaching us to; a behavior and treatment of things inherent in Art’s World, and the degree and type of interaction in the physical world which leads to the inspiration that we then require Art to express and guide others towards.
Daniel teaches students to more completely perceive an equally limitless abstract world, cleaning to transparency the window into Art’s reality; then able to comprehend metaphysical messages within all creation, students come to possess that knowledge which clearest sees and most-nourishingly comprehends the physical mundane. We approach reality, informed by those messages which require abstract reality to articulate, and so come to smirk.