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I wonder what is the Hollywood induced mental state of “grown up” character in the picture, regardless of being the “good” or the “bad” guy in the story.
“Right shade” blue tree trunks – yummy as entire painting.
People from “both sides of the aisle”, as madamski noticed too, expressing their grievances have more in common that they think, mainly being oppressed buy the same entity. Economic prospect for so many is changing so fast and for the worse, so what that they been told their entire lives the only name for a such approaching system is, you guest it, socialism or communism. Giggly ladies with pink life vests around their necks, meek smile “protesters” protesting for just about anything of no importance and real thugs in antifa hordes are all put in the same basket and jointly labeled “The Left”. Bit overweight armed whites, mostly working class, rapidly marginalized and who’s prospect of having a decent job of America’s past is quickly melting are labeled “Nazi-Right”, equal to thugs in Ukraine.
When such a literary tripe, as work of Ayn Rand is, becomes a guiding beacon for society (and Dr,D) to follow there you have it. Half of dozen characters in “Atlas” are all that entire America has to offer as real productive and the rest of population simply standing on their way. How convenient! “Fountainhead” too, is full of characters overacting as in some silent era movie.
Such a misguided division can not lead to anything good.Society is ripe for some mature debate if we want to avoid civil mayhem. Then again that kind of resolving the issues was never allowed. If 4-on-fire from picture above were invited to defend their position in some decent TV debate it would have been interrupted with “commercial brakes” so many times that viewers would loose track what the debate is all about.
At the end, host thanking and congratulating the guests would promise more of “constructive debate like that” in near future.
Miro – bursting energy still expressed with old fashioned “nice” brushwork. An idea that painting can be done with house painting brush, wild strokes, spray etc. had to wait for a while.
Nice classroom photo. On the good note, my sister became licensed landscape architect on her sixtieth birthday.Truly sad day for the USA.
Irreversible loss of something that will be more apparent in days ahead.O’keeffe – If she did not plaster those roses on the canvas painting would have been just about right.
Oh, Happy Eastern Orthodox Christmas.
@ madamski
My idea for “top down” single minded government is that they provide law and justice. That’s all.
For everything else let the citizens express them selves to it’s hart desire long as it does not create scars in the fabric of the society. I am probably great promoter of Capitalism with gallows and firing wall. History shows that it may last maybe 5 centuries, at the best, before being infiltrated by those who should be hanged and fired upon.Over a decade ago I stumbled on late Joe Bageant’s essay starting with (I am paraphrasing): “Does any fair minded person thinks that Clinton, Kissinger, (and few others) are normal people?”. I could not help thinking that actually
half of the country thinks that Clinton is, and that good part has no an idea who the Kissinger was.
Tulsi’s one-two punch, allegedly, knocked Kamala out of primaries but that video is like rain soaked and wrinkled sign
held by the desperate sane person that mass that blindly supports Biden-Harris team does not want see. Clapping hands and laughter when Biden insults and challenges constituent for push up contest and all other instances video recorded?
Not sure if proles prostrating themselves in voter fraud activities are aware that she, first, would throw them under the bus if, God forbid, heavy hand of law start doing it’s job.Not a particular fan of senora O’keeffe but this one is “not bad”.
Year later and here we are with the string of Covid related titles and stories so contradictory that bugles the mind..
Roger is absolutely right, “power” want Assange to die before extradition to save the face.
As a hook to my “democracy” post yesterday, aren’t we in the same cauldron assuming that it is just “his opinion”, opposite to an opinion that Assange is “a traitor” or at the best “he should have been smart enough not to touch a hornets nest”, or, let alone, view the court gesture as “extremely humane to him in this instance”? Is it safe to say that “power” counts, exactly, on that “democratic” opposing opinions and if majority it’s a lottery win for them. Without “that” they are powerless.
I know that I am walking on thin ice here, but aren’t we aware that people with constant mind chatter hardly get anything done, thus society with such a brewing pot can not be united and prosper, except the elite, on the long run.@ phoenixvoice.
Interesting non-addressed reply (I assume).
There is Rockwell’s painting “Freedom of speech” as an IDEAL what does it represent (which I am wholeheartedly for as long as it comes from informed person and not from emotional train wreck) and there is a REALITY of Walmart scene (for the lack of better description).
Nowhere that I implied a preference for the “top down” other than being fully aware that wast mass of uniformed people is great ally to those who want destroy everything that makes us human.Somehow, still, great news about Assange.
“This isn’t a pandemic?
You’ve gotta be joking.”
Glory of democracy, where this opinion is EQUAL to any other. Every person has a right to believe in anything and “express” themselves thus creating a pool of insanity where voice of reason gets drowned.Dr Faici is a master of long talk without saying anything, given that one has to endure extremely irritating raspy voice. In tandem with California high-school-freshman-like elected governor (another saw mill) they create cacophony in which we, somehow, have to appreciate and oblige to their never ending effort of reaching some moving Goldie Lock target of “safety”.
Renoir had painted in quite of few styles, some of them I found “sugary”. This one is true to spirit of impressionism.
There is no difference in stubborn refusal showing this painting to “Picasso-deniers” and presenting a mountain of evidence contrary to view and belief for most of the people.
Lot of well meaning “logical assertions and suggestions” in comment string, as if creators of of this twilight zone somehow overlooked rightful points printed. Logic, court of law and any other decent means will not stop the train. we’d reached point of no return.
Yesterday, while in a beautiful park by the Pacific, salty ocean smell mixed with eucalyptus tree emissions: me and wife and one small group buy the picnic table were the only ones “without” among hundred or so.
They are already rolling out Cobe’s casket with his decomposed body as the theme of the next month just in case if proles start questioning $600 vs $2,000.
Happy New Year to all at TAE.Thank you for all the art of the day and choice of articles that you provided us with.
Good luck in your new adventure, what ever that is. Change is good for the soul sometimes.V Arnold, as for the trees you may like to see work of Safet Zec. There is rarely an artist who grasped soul of the tree, among other things, as he does. Google and have feast for the eyes.
Painting lost, so the only record of it is B&W photo?
“Renewable power”, same mind set as “Meat and produce comes from supermarket” or “Money grows on trees”.
Site of wind turbines at the overpass leading to the Palm Springs, CA is something to behold. Alas, I do not think there is technological know-how to (economically or otherwise) harness the energy of a entire field to produce single wind blade. Mining, transport, smelting, transport, manufacturing, transport, install.Wilhelm was not know to me until now. Despite woman’s wardrobe, painting has unusually modern aura that can place it into the following century that made me double check the 1888! Composition is tethering on the border line of being bad, but he pulled it of!
Refugee situation is a human tragedy on the grand scale but, I recall photos of railway stations in European cities with natives welcoming arrival of refugees. In the middle of the work day that is. All those open hart people than go back to their plush neighborhoods, while welcomed were promptly shifted to the neighborhoods of those of lower social ladder who were working and could not be on the stations for the “event”.
Even though their lives are permanently altered hey have no voice in the grand vision designed for them by the the “deciders”.
People are are strange creatures thus: “There is no good deed that goes unpunished”. Punishment will most likely come in form and there are already signs and indications, that welcoming gesture will be forgotten by the next generation and sudden demands “for their unique rights” will surface in full disregard for the native populace.
Solution? For such a HUGE number of refugees safe zones, close to where they came from, could have been established using the the same financing that is already in place. “Huge number” is the key word, and analogy can be easily found in mundane world of cooking and spice use.Smiling lips and right side of face have that cartoon like and pop art-ish flamboyancy of two decades later.
Not his best to say at least but Picasso, of course, is more than forgiven.
Self serving congressional fight saga continues with public real needs nowhere to be registered in their minds.Biden becomes the President than pardons his own son first day in the office.
I mean, why laugh what I just said?Most of artist’s self portraits carry that tension from the gazing into the mirror, sometimes they show bit of vanity of an artist, or burden of an artist as in last Picasso (one of my all time favorites BTW) on TAE.
In this one Rembrandt painted himself as if one of his wealthy sitters, self content and in at the best time of his life.
Assange’s handlers can recite the law and logic presented by his defenders word for word, mockingly bobbing their heads
right and left and then produce the big fart afterwards. And that’s the problem.The red is an anchor that holds the painting together. Easy to imagine other painters, especially amateur, placing it all over the canvas. As good as it is “The lane” is a just runaway before the lift of.
I have noticed in lot of Mr Kunstler’s writings casual placement of words “civil war”, as he’s itching for the one.
Juxtaposition of reenactment image of the US civil war next to the recent real one in former Yugoslavia, RT could not have done the better job.Expressive portrait created with little pigment and water. Picasso and Matisse are only ones who could make muddied colors look great.
Energized by fight of blonde and brunette over him in recent years he made him self much younger than 59, and more like himself few decades earlier, when he was married to ballerina Olga Khokhlova.Tiny Baroque brush work full of youthful energy. Quantum theory, of which I absolutely know nothing or understand, states that world that we occupy is nothing but vibrating particles. I do not know, tell that to the victims of horrific crime or torture, but here it is in this portrait.
Today TAE is a shit sandwich squeezed between Rembrandt and the last article. I may add the way Epstein saga was concluded, minuscule in comparison to 911, is more brazen with into-your-face message of “we can do what ever we darn want”.Good call boscohorowitz and you may have a point. I did not recognize bird as a crow. I was impressed with masterful depiction of ease and resiliency of the bird carrying lead heavy body.
Economy of color use in Paul’s painting reduced to a minimum. Result vibrant portrait similar to ones find on wall frescoes in Pompeii, where work has to be quickly executed due to technique.
Lesser sculptor would had made that man looking stiff as a park bench. Raddum was able to create that, what I call “arrested movement” ( I do not know English terminology), which is to say that we have feeling that body is about to slump even further. Most likely he used a model suspended by the hook from the rafters. Bird, I think is nothing more than a “quirk” to create cognitive dissonance in our head and have us intrigued into the work, akin to flashy attention lights used in commerce.
Commenting on the rest would have been like echo chamber.Great collection of photos Dr.
Utter destruction by the same people who are telling us that (high rise) buildings can be destroyed by the office fire.
Arnold, as for the hidden symbolism in Dali’s painting: OUTSIDE light of fiery sunset (I doubt that it was a dawn) pouring INTO the room. That’s all.“American life style is non-negotiable”. That quote is so true, but not in a sense that Dick was thinking about but in reality of a “triangle” of a house (mortgage) – job – car to get to, which is an essence of existence of many. As hard as I wish that it may not happen, path to reset is over extremely turbulent and violent period first.
There is a dose of naivete in slogans: “Just bring the troops home!”, “Lock ’em (bad actors) up!” or the rush with gotchya comparison like: “What if Russians install their base right at the Mex border.” as if those things just happen naturally or logic makes thinks turn right.JD
Video looks weird to say at least;
What had caught my eye at the first news was the still of the weaponry in the car trunk which had, among others who fought against Islam through out the history, the Cyrillic written name of the Serbian Kosovo battle hero from 630 years ago In the video it appears that guy is a lover of Serbian turbo-folk.Dr, when not counting baby boomer homes and spill J. Peterson-ques fear of Mao and Stalin, has quite a bit to offer on the writing table.
Aaaah….Leonardo’s drawings and equally detailed drawings in any book of human anatomy, Durer’s here in Albertina gallery and exceptionally detailed animal in zoological books, beautifully rendered wet lips, teary eyes, light reflection on wrist watch and belt buckle on soft cover books and paintings with similar “themes” find in art museums. Aesthetic has a lot of “splaining” to do, which it can’t.Right after placing my post I stumbled on “Torches of freedom” documentary about Edward Bernays, if the darn thing knew what I was writing about. Our life is shaped in many ways by invisible forces.
While I opted of rat race long time ago I understand the sentiment that american life style was the envy of the world to be emulated.I remember reading an article few decades ago in one of “weekly” about, then young boomer in prime of working age heading to work while his millionaire uncle and aunt (from golden generation) were arranging golf clubs in the cart. Mentioned pair would not give up receiving their SS, even barely noticed arriving into huge bank accounts. Ross Perot anybody?
As far, I find generation blame (of any era in the history for that matter), ridiculous. As if everybody born 1965 and on would have, if they were born few decades earlier, “stop the world” if you will, and like some crazy Savonarola of our era burn the shops selling backpacks, block the entry to Woodstock and Studio 54, tell the the girls to “dress up” and cut the crap with those mini skirts…
Now is the time to pay the bills and only being pressured by external “few things” that we also reflect on the system that tells you that to be NORMAL member of society you HAVE to have late model car, DETACHED house, all the goodies and job to make all those happen.@ hostebbe & zerosum
Financial alchemy kept in dark for centuries and only revealed thanks to internet.@zerosum
I know that story is about financial alchemy, but…. shouldn’t hotel owner have a $100 in his possession so all the debts can be said to have been cancelled?Comments on Zero Hedge re Chelsea. Just wow, wow and wow!?!?
Patrick’s hair-pulling-dirt-rolling-fight-like twitter string that he went on with Ocasio reveals the man who must have had a life long problem with opposite sex.
Yep, that is a Picasso, despite Gris trying to “conceal” it.ZH article about US voter preference, while they may have a point, hides glaring fact that any discussion about obvious criminality is also labeled as “socialist” and thrown into the same bag. Label usually comes with good measure of vomit about Stalin and Mao while they are at it .
One of my favorite “Pixsons” yesterday. Artist head was painted, both, with the steady gaze at the model
and looking at task before him and thus becomes animated. Not sure who was the lucky girl and could not recall if he had known Dora in 1926.It is hard to think about 60-70’s album covers and not have Dali to come to mind.
Retirement in the west with care free lifestyle depicted in travel and senior living brochures is just that for the most, a glossy pictures. Some are looking for the options abroad, where immigrants are in better position in doing “unthinkable” and go back to the country of origin, live relatively comfortable on SS and still have the money to visit kids and grand kids once a year (so far, that is).Thirty two endangered species… as looking into card game poster during the Iraq war Watch and weep.
Every square inch of the painting screams dilettante, but what a dilettante!
Composition that perfectly captured the rhythm of the task: about to pick…pick…tie…about to pick…pick…
Use of a “new angle” against yellow vests, aside from flash balls, is despicable.Great batch today.
Enjoyed Steve Keen’s explanation of fine levers of this “ism”.
Is it fair to say that Amazon checks every virtue box of capitalism ? I mean, humble beginning where he put big chunk his parent’s wealth on absolutely no guarantee outcome – check. Best, fast, reliable and the least (or reasonable) priced service in the industry – check, check, check and check. Extremely profitable for shareholders – check.
Now that he had grown from garage band foreman to a rock star and likes to demolish every hotel on his tours is somehow viewed as some glitch or misunderstanding in otherwise perfect system. The same proponents of that thinking like not to acknowledge that oil soaked Shorpy had ever existed, or that behind every XIX century “endowment” that we enjoy today there are. aside from hundreds broken competitor’s knee caps, barely teen kids worked to exhaustion. Amazon warehouse slaves is a wet dream of every corporation as an ultimate goal.
Duchamp’s ready made objects have weight and can be contemplated only because of existence of his other body of work such as this painting.
