For Art's Sake!

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My suicidal stubbornness in the face of contrary overwhelming logic unfortunately dissipated by my mid-to-late 20s, after several unfortunate forays into engaging my mouth before my mind (inadequate as it is). I prefer now to stand on the hill above the opposing troops, entering only when one set is surrounded completely...

Very creative response, in the baroque style I would suggest. I hadn't expected you to go to those creative lengths to say you were chickening out.

Obviously that's a subjective response to your post...

Kate P wrote:

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My suicidal stubbornness in the face of contrary overwhelming logic unfortunately dissipated by my mid-to-late 20s, after several unfortunate forays into engaging my mouth before my mind (inadequate as it is). I prefer now to stand on the hill above the opposing troops, entering only when one set is surrounded completely...

Very creative response, in the baroque style I would suggest. I hadn't expected you to go to those creative lengths to say you were chickening out.

Obviously that's a subjective response to your post...

Drat. I was hoping verbosity would mask it...

Should we start that all over again, Toxic or just quit graciously while we're ahead?

Kate P wrote:

Should we start that all over again, Toxic or just quit graciously while we're ahead?

'Ignominiously' would be more appropriate, I'd say...

What about my favourite cartoonist, Steve Bell of the Guardian? In the tradition of satirists since Hogarth, is it primarily art or is the satirical message paramount?

Recent example:

That is deep.

Good cartoon. Media is unfortunately becoming increasingly bereft of good comic satire.

toxic avenger wrote:

Kate P wrote:

Should we start that all over again, Toxic or just quit graciously while we're ahead?

'Ignominiously' would be more appropriate, I'd say...

What about my favourite cartoonist, Steve Bell of the Guardian? In the tradition of satirists since Hogarth, is it primarily art or is the satirical message paramount?

Recent example:

Inexplicably this cartoon reminds me of this...


http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=NeDaNGzUYM8

(I did embed the link earlier, but embedding sometimes makes my posts wonky).

You'll either love this or hate it - but it's worth watching and listening to to the end.

maybe you should move out West, youngdan or south for the heat ? The West looks very colourful if this fella's paintings are anything to go by.

A little bit traditional for the more avant-garde among ye, but if you've ever spent two weeks looking at a mountain trying to represent it then you might appreciate the impressionism and seeming simplicity of this fella's work.

Cody Long, the Sedona region Arizona
http://codydelong.com/



Love this one:



Monsoon skies ...



Catching the Light ..

Just saw a book about Sir William Orpen, magnificient bit of history on the inside cover. A pencil drawn self portrait from 1917 in his war painter army uniform, drawn in the trenches with an inscription that he "doesn't much like this job". Great bit of history.