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My inbox is full of GOP-creatures begging for $$$$, not realizing that I am through with politician’s attention/discard game.
Linh Dinh in his article that I received today had this included in:Egyptian and Roman portrait sculpture transcends line that separating living flesh and art medium. Later works in the history, even by by the giants and no matter how “detailed”, does not relive one from impression that he or she is still looking at.the sculpture, albeit great creation of art.
Sculpture is a rare guest on this site. Glad to see it. Also, ahem (drawing the arc in the sand with the toe), artist in the XX century made sculptures too. THAT would steer some waters in here.Ayn Rand quoted and highlighted (for dummies) even.
As a small exercise simply google “rearden” or “rearden in atlas” – anything that is without direct reference to the book. You will be prompted to line of manufacturers whose owners, obviously, associate themselves with Hank, which makes it for the good laugh. What happens to any Company when some entity from MIC-complex or some local politician who “knows people” and seeks reelection, swings by and makes an offer? Resolute, echoing “NO” as an answer? That’s what quote above preach.
Does anybody knows a single Co. that emulates, even close, ethics of the Ayn’s fiction, which is just that?That last “text image”, right before the comment section, I approve and even more so for it’s strategic location on the scroll down.
@ John Day
You are one open minded traveler. Yugoslavia was an odd ball for sure and many of us loved it just the way it was.
Now it is obvious more than ever that regular folks really have no say in any system beyond what it allowsSpeaking of traveling, check that “Journey to the East” that I recommended above if you are into prog jazz-rock.
The West and especially Americans: “Former Yugoslavia was Communist, and BTW what was that car? …aaaah Yugo! That’s all that I need to know.” Late Joe Bageant described it brilliantly that Americans view the world through twisted
“Discovery channel” lenses, aka everything behind the borders they see they compare to some American sh**t where,
of course, latter wins. Incapable, even for a moment, to put ideological issues on side and view the region of interest
in it’s own historical contest. In this case former Yugoslavia , that puts one in danger to immediately being labeled as a communist. What a mighty little country it was, with that “lion head” (see the map above)!
Slovenia, “head of the lion” had an dismay illiteracy rate before WWII! Now it is most advanced Slavic nation! Croatia, Nazi puppet state during the said war, gained peninsula of Istria (see “lions chin” on the map) and half of today’s coast and islands in 1945, that the World goes “Ahhhh” just see it – present from Fascist Italy to Tito’s partisans that they could not say no. Now….Croatia is the only country in the history of the world that, not only pisses over the legacy that gave her additional real estate but outright denounces the leader who made it possible! He’s a commie, you know, and “we were not Fascist but were fighting a Communism” is the new meme peddled recently by them (and the Germans too). Film footage of Sarajevo before WWII and some by Wehrmacht soldiers during the occupation depicts the “early XIX century town”, that miraculously sprung into modern European city with “mini skirts and hot pants” just a few decades later. Open travel allowed Yu-.citizens to have access to “western goodies” just enough not to turn into consumer-zombies. And, even more appalling they were all returning to the jaws of “dictatorship” and using their world-valuable passport over and over! In that “Godless communist country” religious man, in early 70’s, packed his luggage and “normally” boarded the plane to trip to Mecca, like any other free man. Well, he had brought variola vera back in the country upon the return, but that is beside the point. Yu-work place: imagine the company that you are not afraid of the director or v-director and what that does to your sanity? They couldn’t do anything to you as long if you are a good worker and clock on time. You could walk by them and not even nod if you do not like them! But you “pretend to work and they pretend to pay you”, cries the West. Not true! But what if I want to have my own business? You can, but limited, so that the kids of those “business people” are the most normal human beings that one can meet. Compare that to front of 90210 High School where brats in tennis outfits commandeer gray haired drivers dropping them off. That business allowed one to have main house, house on the (former Italian) coast, Mercedes in the garage and allowance for the kids to go to summer school in England and study abroad, aaaand, oddly, no desire to spread just to ruin the competitor. Tomorrow I can fly any place on the Earth, meet Arnold in Thailand and teach him all that he needs to know about art. Price for that is that for two long decades I work for an asshole who hates my guts paying me $50/hr and I hate his guts just looking at him. What a healthy relationship, spread all over the country and that I know by talking to the people of all professions. Ever heard of the “coolest customers/clients” who turn into monsters in time of downturn? I’ve met them.
Yu-art-architecture-design have so much merit so the MoMa in NY had recent exhibit for that powerhouse of creativity, and many items are in permanent collection. Music. Google “Put na Istok” (Journey to the East) progressive rock-jazz by Korni Grupa. done in 1972, in the “thick of communist iron fist”. Yu-engineers were building bridges and dams all over the Middle East. Marvel of engineering, bridge from the mainland to (former Italian) Croatian island Krk (Wikipedia) done by Yu-engineers and Yu-work force. Bridge on Cratian Peljesac, recently opened, is done by Chinese engineers and workers. Beauty of the “free market”.
“YU-socialism with the human face” that will never be repeated again. What does that mean? People who did not want to participate in the communist theater were allowed to just be. In my case, most of my friends and later that I’ve heard from others the best defense of joining was “that it Party was so grand for some crazy like me to be part of it.” And… that was it.
Despite of that, in my growing years, when I would pull my head into the living room to say hi-and-by to my parents it did not escape me on quick glance on our B&W TV how 5-layer carpets were prostrated before Tito anywhere where he went.
I thought that ALL presidents are like that, true statesman, or the way I see him now archetype of a “Good King”. I need a pause now…..
I could go on. I realize that system lasted as it did, but it was real nevertheless. Tears on May the 4th 1980 were real and not some NK performance. Tito’s funeral with roster of attendees was real. Don’t tell me how “real” is this where we re now. I do not have to write about it when Jim Kunstler, an American, can say it better then me. Role of the US to expedite Yu-destruction can not be denied, and it’s restless nature is shown in article today.@ V. Arnold
Just in case if you missed it on previous post:
“….elitist attitude….”
Instead of contemplating where am I wrong in my post(s) and criticize “that”, you (again) lash in anger and insult. As I remember you made your living as AutoCAD draftsman. Probably you did have chance to pass some knowledge to somebody in the course of your career. Say, trying hard to convey basics of x-refs, OLE objects import, exploding and editing blocks, pg files…. or plainly pointing what the person does wrong….you are angrily referred to as an “elitist”? Interesting view of life. Indeed!Thousands and thousands of people who even “made it” in the West have fond memories of living in that broken country.
Yet, they’ve been constantly told that those memories are just an illusion, that they lived under “iron fist”, dictatorship – that,
somehow, issued one of most valuable passports on the Earth (Wikipedia).
Dying mother-country (same as Soviet Union, not sure about other Eastern block countries) distributed equity wealth
in the form of vouchers to it’s citizens that were used by those patient enough to purchase apartments that they lived in. Decades of rent were included in the final purchasing price. What a concept! Scorned by the onlookers who watch miles and miles of tent cities across the country in which “everybody will be on their own” when the things unravel. Onlookers who still think that this is 1950’s-like needs some small tweak.“….elitist attitude….”
Instead of contemplating where am I wrong in my post(s) and criticize “that”, you (again) lash in anger and insult.
As I remember you made your living as AutoCAD draftsman. Probably you did have chance to pass some knowledge to
somebody in the course of your career. Say, trying hard to convey basics of x-refs, OLE objects import, exploding and editing blocks, pg files…. or plainly pointing what the person does wrong….you are angrily referred to as an “elitist”? Interesting view of life. Indeed.Next time when RIM posts painting of a nude young woman I will bask about “fond memories”, as if that’s what art is all about.
That “The Good Reset” illustration resembles cover page of some Jehovah witnesses brochure.
Incidentally, that’s how globalists envision the (sustainable) World for themselves and half-a-bill of servants.@EoinW.
Why hate of everything that you were and spent so much energy to become? People of rural Indiana may know-sense that you looked down on them for the good part of your life (if that’s how I understood your post), so brace for the surprise. Love of expertise and competence in any human occupation and endeavor shields one from feeling of superiority and “looking down on somebody”. Incompetence, ignorance and stupidity…..well, we know when we see it and can not be compared to someone doing “lesser job”, just like it may be a bad idea to compare art and science.If one scrolls (very) fast by Jesus vs Horus chart – it does not exist.
Although cute, one can watch only so many Emmanuel videos.
NAM 1.0.
Never in the history of the world, such a small and not that powerful country had that of a clout and presence on the planet stage. Just a two decades back, before WWII, it was a backward kingdom.@oroboros. Image is most likely of late retrofit and may serve the function with the help of two persons. BTW, building contractor is not in charge of concept and design drawings. He just “builds sh*t”.
Jim K’s brilliant writing is full of unfunded optimism about justice delivered. Goes great with the few glasses of wine.
Number of comments are laced with and can not have enough of “stupid Davos crowd”.Dali paints photo-realistic paintings that that does not look like photo-realistic, if you get my drift. Enigmatic cloud figures,
one coming to her and other running away?Most of visible “elite” often have a secured phone call before they go to bed. Conversation on their part goes like this:
” I got the memo…I understand Sir…..Yes, will do…god night to you too, Sir”.Universal health care. Replies worth of reading.
“10k replies on tiktok, nearly all of them Americans bending over backwards to defend our health care system”.
Potion of “Stalin, Mao and P-Pot” in the mix and daily fed to the pop does wonders.In addition to studies, real painting gave him a good run of struggle. Revisions are documented in series of photos that Dora Maar took in his studio. At the end Picasso won.
“Vanishing vaccine mandates in Australia” after “spectacular public health failure”.
Mandates are not meant to go away, on the long run – no evidence to the contrary. “They” had enough of terrorizing Australia, for the time being that is,which was a test how far “social experiment” can go. Steam pressure valve opened a bit – that’s all, while bold “new chapter of the plan” is implemented on the other side of the planet, in Netherlands.
When some will understand that we are not subjected to decisions of “dummies”.
“Smart-gotcha” comments that start with: “Ooops…”, “Hmmm…”, “I wonder…”, “Ha, ha…” make me physically sick.
Michael Reid posted yesterday an article “The End of the Industrial Age”. THAT is the real problem of the world today.
Mandates, cutting a food production, even a possible war is “Elite’s idea” of solving it while staying at the top.Exceptional skills in cutting that wood block to print so many values and gradations resulting in……… not an art, but illustration.
Two guys at the video look to me like young architects or later semester architecture students having fun being away from the computer screens.. Concept, scale, proportions and details are just too good. For example reveal at the wall following the descend of the steps would have never be conceived by amateur in million years. Another clue is at the begging of the video, when they “drew the plan”.
The only puzzle could be if there was an additional crew involved, but that is not pressing issue. Pure joy.@ John Day.
Of course. Debate, bit long but one have to find the time, is especially interesting to watch from decade time gap and see how all progressed where we are now in eerie continuation. I may add it is not only about the desired wars but introduction of control of movement (familiar?) – starting with air travel which, at the time, was mainly out of sight for many ordinary citizens, thus successful and we passed it with flying colors.
Mr Kay, gate keeper in the “debate”, has a degree in metallurgy, no less.Ten years old debate but interesting to watch from today’s perspective, so I decided to share. Bit long but shed the light to dawn of events that is deeply connected to what we are living through right now. Shows what fine art of gate keeping by the “moderator” and one panelist can do and lead to drum beat of “trust the science”.
Greenfield’s “A permanent shortage of everything”.
I wonder when inventing the “Monopoly”, Parker Bros were thinking: “Let’s create the game where “Marxist and
Soviet” enterprise wins”?
Indoctrinated lime pit instead of brain.Calm arrogance of re-posting the same content that is single wheel of the mouse turn to scroll-up to the host’s offer bar is beyond me.
@Fattigmann
“Photorealistic painting looks suspiciously like it was painted using a camera obscura.”
Your very first post, quote word for word, that started “all of this”. All my replies are to that very first comment.
No more no less.
How from “that” you came to: “It’s disingenuous to compare with modern photorealism”? In addition to other flip-flopping word salad.
Actually it is disappointing that you did not use the term ” 15th century photoshop”.
It’s getting late.@Fattigmann
I have to give it to you: master of three cup game with your own words.
Now you see it and now you don’t. Hard to debate that.@Fattigmann
Why, then, use a word “photo” to describe work that is done four centuries before it’s invention, for one, while admitting that artist deliberately altered some features to “make a point”?
This is going nowhere.@Fattigmann
I never implied that you did not like the painting.You are correct in your last sentence only. Other artists, indeed, did use camera obscura, but if you imply that a “tool” was used (which was not) to trace this image, than result is a dismal failure. While area around the mouth may be, barely, called to photo realistic other ares, especially eyes, are “off”, for what you appear to be blind to notice (and our argument stops right there). That “off-ness” by no means diminish the quality of the painting – quite the opposite. While representing somebody, portrait is somehow otherworldly to be called photo-realistic. One may say it is a “portrait of that inner state of the person” rather than somebody that we may bump into.
Photo realistic portrait is something like this:
Scroll to see photo realistic image of living flesh and search further for more clear versions and full size painting.
One may ask what is the nick-picking about trivial micro-world-thing like an art in the era of looming WWIII, “pandemic” and other idiocies and my argument is that ignorance, of any kind, spreads like cancer and adds to greater ignorance that in return leads to “anything goes and nothing matters” and election of the “leaders” that we have now.
Pointing to that earned me a lot of rotten tomatoes by the ignorant.@Fattigmann
What is beautiful of the portrait is precisely of not being photo realistic. Examine closer.
The use of projector is the reason that I can not stand contemporary portrait or figure paintings since I can spot it from a mile distance. There are exceptions, of course.
@Dr D
Good paint (?) and good for 1400. We are talking Renaissance here, albeit early.It is not about art (although it is). Ignorance spreads like cancer and leads to the world in which “nothing matters and anything goes”. The one that we are experiencing right now.
Note to myself (English is my 2nd lang) – mindless re-post of an article about the plight of Assange’s family that was already included in TAE list was explained to me as an “overlap with a reason” in reply to my previous inquiry about the practice that, in my opinion, shows that poster is barely reading what’s offered on this site.
Since everybody is quiet:
In his multiple long posts Dr Buda is re-posting the staff that was already posted by the TAE day before.
And not only this time.
Bosko must be scratching his head.I can’t resist.
This painting is one of my favorite because of lover 1/3 of the canvas.
We are talking 1844 in here.TAE introduced me to treasure trove of vintage photographs that is a Shorpy site.
Interesting and recently, old photograph of stacked coffins during the 1918 Spanish flu prompted some commentators, including me, to point out how “what we have now” is far cry from the pandemic. To make story short, all comments and
replies that were supporting narrative of false and imposed emergency lasted for one day and were promptly removed from the comment section by the host. Seemingly innocent, yet another sample how far we had gone.I warned him but he apparently enjoys stepping on the art-rake over and over.
Encouraged by the TAE community and the host, he views me as his menace.
