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Tom W. Hartung

The Prophetic Vision of Piet Mondrian, Part 2: Cubism, Cézanne, and the Plastic Means

There are two kinds of art: mimetic and cathartic. The difference between them is the way and the extent to which the artist uses the…

Jun 30, 2021

A painting of rectangular forms in white, black, and primary colors, typical of Piet Mondrian’s Neo-Plastic style.

Jun 30, 2021

Why the MBTI Is Like the Fox News of Personality Assessments

Hi, my name is Tom Hartung and my mission in life is to help people see past the surface by drawing images of personalities.

Jun 2, 2020

Why the MBTI Is Like the Fox News of Personality Assessments

Jun 2, 2020

The Top Five Big Five “OCEAN” Free Online Questionnaires

Recently I completed about ten online questionnaires that test for the Big Five set of personality traits. The acronym “OCEAN” provides an…

Jun 1, 2020

Bar graph containing five bars showing my results on the questionnaire at bigfive-test.com

Jun 1, 2020

Piet Mondrian’s Optimism — Book Excerpt

This article contains an excerpt from the Preface to my new book, Visualizing Politicians’ Personalities: 2019 Incumbents and Candidates…

Sep 28, 2019

Piet Mondrian’s Optimism — Book Excerpt

Sep 28, 2019

The Prophetic Vision of Piet Mondrian, Part 1: Equilibrium in Art and Life

This is the first part in an series of occasional articles about why Piet Mondrian went from painting representational images to painting…

Dec 19, 2017

The Prophetic Vision of Piet Mondrian, Part 1: Equilibrium in Art and Life

Dec 19, 2017

Music, Meaning, and Modern Art: Part 1 of 3

This is part one of a three part series of articles written for people who love music but do not understand abstract art.

Nov 23, 2017

Music, Meaning, and Modern Art: Part 1 of 3

Nov 23, 2017

Music, Meaning, and Modern Art: Part 2 of 3

This is part two of a three part series of articles written for people who love music but do not understand abstract art.

Nov 23, 2017

Music, Meaning, and Modern Art: Part 2 of 3

Nov 23, 2017

Music, Meaning, and Modern Art: Part 3 of 3

This is part three of a three part series of articles written for people who love music but do not understand abstract art.

Nov 23, 2017

Music, Meaning, and Modern Art: Part 3 of 3

Nov 23, 2017

Concerning Kandinsky’s Concerning the Spiritual in Art

Concerning the Spiritual in Art, written by Wassily Kandinsky and first published in 1912, is one of my favorite books. True confession…

Aug 13, 2017

Concerning Kandinsky’s Concerning the Spiritual in Art

Aug 13, 2017

Tom W. Hartung

Tom W. Hartung

Founder of SeeOurMinds.com and Groja.com , my passion is drawing personalities. I am a Full SDLC Consultant and run several websites out of my home.

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