Schike
About
Part time web-magician and full time
supplier of extremely horrid jokes.
This website is made for desktops, because f*ck mobile-first. (Alright maybe I've made it a
little
responsive).
Fantastic links and where to find them
www.schike.de
– my personal website (beware: german)
grow spikes
don't be afraid to care
always try
watch good movies
take a break sometimes
♥ Stuff I like
fotography
music
coffee
movies
stories & writing
history
astronomy (with an N, not the furtune-teller crap)
archaeology
computers & the internet
🕱 Stuff I don't like
social media
subscriptions & enshittification
pseudo-science
AI datacenters
elevators
Building websites is an artform
What even is art?
The
Oxford Library
defines art as
"An expression or application of human creative skill and imagination, [...]
producing works to be appreciated primarily for their beauty or emotional power."
So with that, here's the requirements for something to be an artform:
Production:
Something has to be produced.
Creative:
Said product has to be something new (or at least it should have a new spin on it).
Skill:
Producing the product involves an ability one must first attain through training.
Human:
It's made by someone with at least some level of self-awareness, emotional capability and – most importantly –
intent
So is every website a work of art?
No. And they're not
supposed
to. One thing that's so great about websites is that they're not bound to one singular purpose.
A site can be a digital business card, a means of entertainment, a collection of images or just plain text.
Not all websites are art – probably most of them aren't – because that's not their purpose. It's not their
intent
So when does a website become art then?
Well, the first question once the site is built is: Is this creative? Is this new? There might be nothing new under the sun.
Everything's a derivative. But choosing one of ten squarespace-templates is not art.
The next question is that of skill. A site that's just plain text isn't art (though the text itself might be).
There's no skill involved. It's trivial. It's not art.
The final question is that of intent...
And where does that leave sites generated by AI?
... This is where intent comes in. LLMs are trained word guessers. Very well trained word guessers, but still just good at guessing words.
There's no self-awareness or emotional capability, but – more important – there's no intent.
And art without artistic intent is not art. It's babbling.
Why does this matter?
Because it's not too late. The internet is probably one of mankinds greatest inventions:
A globe-spanning instant communication technology that's uncontrollable, ungovernable and free.
But that's not its current state, is it? Meta, ByteDance and others swallow up the space,
AIs churn out the ever-same sites assembly-line-style, and Google SEO-policies dictate how a site should look and work and feel.
And the true internet is hidden away in dark corners and crevasses.
This current state is not the purpose of the internet. It isn't it's intent.
And it's not irreversable.
So build a website. Write your name on that ever-changing canvas. Be creative.
Be new
Thanks for reading.
Don't click the cat
I warned you!!!
Click
HERE
if you absolutely would download a car.
Movies I like
Horribly underrated movies
Whatch every single one or else
Treasure Planet (2002)
7 Psychos (2012)
Loving Vincent (2017)
Reefer Madness (2005)
Watchmen (2009)
The Death of Stalin (2017)
Rango (2011)
Lord of War (2005)
Favourite Movies
Not a definitive ranking because comparing movies of this
calibre is borderline impossible.
Casablanca (1942)
Shawshank Redemption (1994)
Parasite (2019)
Howl's Moving Castle (2004)
Spirited Away (2001)
La La Land (2016)
Amadeus (1984)
The Lion King (1994)
Inglourious Basterds (2009)
City of God (2002)
Ghostbusters (1984)
Fight Club (1999)
Interstellar (2014)
The Princess Bride (1987)
Once Upon A Time in the West (1968)
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
V for Vendetta (2005)
Beautiful things don't ask for attention
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013)
At the right time and the right place, everyone is capable of anything.
Chinatown (1974) (paraphrased)
Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies.
Shawshank Redemption (1994)
Oh yes, the past can hurt. But from the way I see it, you can either run from it or learn from it.
The Lion King (1994)
We all gotta dream, don't we?
7 Psychos (2012)
No man can walk out of his own story.
Rango (2011)
Our greatest accomplishments cannot be behind us.
Interstellar (2014)
Favourite Song Lyrics
Lines that just hit the spot
The River
(1980)
Bruce Springsteen
Is a dream a lie if it don't come true?
Orion
(1979)
Jethro Tull
Your faithful dog shines brighter than its lord and master.
Your jeweled sword twinkles as the world rolls by.
Echoes
(1971)
Pink Floyd
And no one showed us to the land and no one knows the Wheres or Whys,
but something stirs and something tries and starts to climb towards the light.
Time
(1973)
Pink Floyd
The time is gone, the song is over. Thought I'd something more to say.
Brain Damage
(1973)
Pink Floyd
And when the cloud bursts thunder in your ear, you shout and no one seems to hear.
Brothers in Arms
(1985)
Dire Straits
And though they did hurt me so bad, in the fear and alarm,
you did not desert me, my brothers in arms.
Red Army Blues
(1984)
The Waterboys
I prayed for mother Russia in the summer of '43
and as we drove the Germans back I really believed that God was listening to me.
The Last DJ
(2002)
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
As we celebrate mediocrity all the boys upstairs want to see
how much you'll pay for what you used to get for free.
Thick as a Brick (Pt. I)
(1972)
Jethro Tull
I may make you feel, but I can't make you think.
November Rain
(1991)
Guns'N'Roses
Nothing lasts forever, even cold Novemver Rain.
Everybody Wants to Rule the World
(1985)
Tears For Fears
There's a room where the light won't find you.
Holding hands while the walls come tumbling down.
When they do I'll be right behind you.
Favourite albums
Favourite bands
Dire Straits
Pink Floyd
The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Black Sabbath
Led Zeppelin
Guns'N'Roses
Alan Parsons Project
Great Quotes and Sayings
Words that change
Once you free your mind about a concept of Harmony and of music
being
correct
you can do whatever you want.
Giorgo Moroder
All great art is a form of complaint.
John Cage