Inadvertent - Ars accidentalis

Even though art is the product of an intentional act of fabrication, the serendipitous spill of an ink or paint, the unforeseen slip of a pen or brush, sudden shake of a camera in the analog realm have the potential of generating an unconscious lead in the planned course of action. The consequential shift in direction may completely change the aesthetics and content of an artwork. An artist should always be open to such 'accidental' dimension which will help him / her to take the original idea out of its initial framework and recontextualize it for a new conception. The outcomes of software ‘failures’ in digital technology made a similar type of aesthetics emerge: Glitch aesthetics. The ‘dirty’ and sometimes ‘chaotic’ nature of glitches made things look much more organic and human, as opposed to mechanically computerized. This unrefined aesthetics has recently become so popular among designers that some of them have made specific websites as tributes to the process. Despite the fact that the accidental dimension in art looks more compatible with analog practices, there are various instances it finds its niche in the digital world as well. Mystifying benefits like freedom from preconceptions, momentary skepticism about planned course of action, avoiding mechanical thinking / prejudices, reaching a more natural / authentic result, discovering unusual and unique aesthetical domains, etc. will always make 'ars accidentalis' an indispensable part of art practice

La voluntad humana en Tomás de Aquino. Un estudio desde sus fuentes griegas, patrísticas y escolásticas

Este trabajo es una investigación sobre la voluntad humana en la filosofía griega, patrística y medieval, centrada principalmente en Tomás de Aquino como receptor de una rica reflexión multisecular, que elabora una síntesis original y sistemática sobre la voluntad. Todo ello, en diálogo con críticos y comentadores posteriores y un abanico amplio de autores del s. XX. El objeto de la tesis se sitúa en el ámbito de la antropología filosófica: es la voluntad como potencia o facultad del alma humana