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My name is Gontijo and I'm a graphic designer mad about Tabletop RPGs and Layout design. Nice to meet you.

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Thought provoking Art reading #1

By God's grace I've managed to enter the "Master in Visual Arts" program at the University of Brasilia (UnB). Hurray!

The classes didn't started yet, but I already saw what disciplines I'll study and their respective bibliography lists. I'll follow the only strategy that works for me in terms of studying: I'll read and write chapter-by-chapter reviews of as much as possible (if not all the books) starting on my holidays, aka the next two weeks.

My first reading started today and it is Ways of Seeing, by John Berger. This book was born from Berger wanting to expand and dive deeper on the content of an earlier BBC docuseries he filmed back in the 70s.

At the first chapter I'm already excited with the provocations the author proposes. This is still far away from tabletop RPGs per se, but at the same time... It's giving me material to reflect on the whys and the hows on visual art processes. And, of course, on it's radical differences from graphic design processes.

"You are an anthropomorphic candle. Romans are purging Christians in the streets of Nero. Light the martyr's escape, burn Rome down by doing so. Step up a d6 when you fire. On 6 you melt away."

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