My Art thread

[Gurn Blanston]

M, Believe me, you don't want to know....Gurn and I can bring out the sweats of horror on each other with the merest allusion to it. Gurn knew what kind of fish it was, he knows that kind of arcane stuff.

To end the mystery, it was a carp of noble dimension. I seriously doubt that the chap came anywhere near to orally satisfying it, as I have it on good authority that carp have an entirely different method of reproducing... 



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Listening to:
L'Archibudelli - Bia 153 Op 9 Trios (3) for Strings - #3 in c 4th mvmt - Finale: Presto

[BachQ]

On the subject of poop, anyone remember my Flying Poopy Monkey?

Greg, with the utmost of due respect, it's the Poopy Flying Monkey , not the Flying Poopy Monkey.

[greg]

Greg, with the utmost of due respect, it's the Poopy Flying Monkey , not the Flying Poopy Monkey.

This reminds me a similar situation which was more extensive, many years ago......

i wrote a short story in 4th grade which was a SMASH hit, my friends kept on reading it again and again and again until they memorized the whole thing. One day, someone stole my story from my desk! And to this day, I never found out..... one friend says the other took my story, the other accuses the other friend. So I rewrite it from memory. And then my friend corrects me several times, to word it exactly.

[(poco) Sforzando]

this thread is too funny....... so great to read this stuff after a 9-hour day (when i'm supposed to be part-time) dealing with lazy stupid customers and people trying to steal stuff.

Think how more successful they would be at stealing stuff if they weren't so lazy and stupid.

[(poco) Sforzando]

So I rewrite it from memory. And then my friend corrects me several times, to word it exactly.

Which friend?

I sincerely hope you will post your story here. I could use a SMASH hit. Or at least a man with fish.

[Lethevich]

this thread is too funny....... so great to read this stuff after a 9-hour day (when i'm supposed to be part-time) dealing with lazy stupid customers and people trying to steal stuff.

Hehehe, same here, although I work in a charity shop (well, 6 hours a week), which makes it funnier. People actually try to switch fucking price tags to get a "better deal" in order to give less money to victims of natural disasters.

[greg]

Hehehe, same here, although I work in a charity shop (well, 6 hours a week), which makes it funnier. People actually try to switch fucking price tags to get a "better deal" in order to give less money to victims of natural disasters.

yep, i hear the price tag switching is common..... they've probably done that a few times to me, not knowing the names and prices of everything (or being able to check all the time).

Think how more successful they would be at stealing stuff if they weren't so lazy and stupid.

well, i was actually talking about two different people.......
the attempted thievery was actually pretty clever. But there's just some customers who really expect other people to do everything, and don't even know what they're doing...

a similar case- a guy a few weeks ago calls me and asks for someone to get him a piece of wood, and it was something small like a 2x2 or something- at the end of the night, when he could take 2 minutes to walk back and find it, and carry it in his hand. It was more work to call than to go back there.

Which friend?

I sincerely hope you will post your story here. I could use a SMASH hit. Or at least a man with fish.

i haven't talked to any of them for years...... 
i don't even know where they live. But one I often dream of- in fact, there's about 4 or 5 old friends that i dream of all the time.
I found his myspace profile a long time ago (which he obviously doesn't use cuz of his last login date) and just now I remember to act on a search for him on facebook. Well, he's there...... don't plan to message him, though. Or should I? I'm scared 

Just remembered when we used to make fun of his name...... it's "James" (J.J.) Aleshire...... so we combine it into something ridiculous. "Gay J Ashley". Some kid mispronounced his name on the morning school news- sounded like he said "Ashley", plus we used to call him "Tay Tay" or "Gay Gay" but he didn't like the latter lol. Or I'd call him "Knoll" (or was that my name?) with the "K" pronounced. And then there was "Gnome" (with the G pronounced) by i think that was the "name" we called the girl that sat by us that year..... the other i can't remember......

[M forever]

OK, let's return to the actual subject of the thread - Saul and his "art".

I have pointed this out before, I find it highly interesting to see the many parallels between some large-scale fanatics - like Hitler - and small-scale fanatics - like Saul, especially when it comes to "artistic" aspirations. The parallels are striking - and frightening, in a way: a level of mediocre "artistic" talent that produces kitsch post card art (and/or music), cheap imitations of naive naturalistic art, combined with extreme conservativism and fanatic belief in a religious or ideological system plus the firm conviction of belonging by birthright to some kind of "superior" or "chosen" racial/ethnic/religious group, the same black-and-white view of people as either part of the same groups or friends or eternal enemies. Like I said, the parallels are striking.

Discuss.

[Joe_Campbell]

I think the only person who'll "discuss" this with you is The Man himself. I personally think that he must exhude an air of fragility when talking about his art in person. Why else would such praise be heaped upon such works? Perhaps "art" is taking a new direction, where intentional self-parody is a deeper form of expression.

[M forever]

We already had that, a long time ago. Remember Dada? Among other things. But the kind of person I am describing here is completely serious abut and completely convinced of these things, that's what makes them so (potentially) dangerous.

[Joe_Campbell]

I don't think Saul is dangerous. He has no charisma.

[Brian]

He looks sharp in a beret, though.

[(poco) Sforzando]

He looks sharp in a beret, though.

These dangerous types always do.

[lukeottevanger]

These dangerous types always do.

Are you thinking what I'm thinking?

[scarpia]

But that guy had actual talent...

Are you thinking what I'm thinking?

[greg]

OK, let's return to the actual subject of the thread - Saul and his "art".

I have pointed this out before, I find it highly interesting to see the many parallels between some large-scale fanatics - like Hitler - and small-scale fanatics - like Saul, especially when it comes to "artistic" aspirations. The parallels are striking - and frightening, in a way: a level of mediocre "artistic" talent that produces kitsch post card art (and/or music), cheap imitations of naive naturalistic art, combined with extreme conservativism and fanatic belief in a religious or ideological system plus the firm conviction of belonging by birthright to some kind of "superior" or "chosen" racial/ethnic/religious group, the same black-and-white view of people as either part of the same groups or friends or eternal enemies. Like I said, the parallels are striking.

Discuss.

You said this before and I thought it was interesting, definitely a resemblance. I can just imagine someone trying to critique the artwork of Hitler or the poetry of Stalin while they were in power.... i doubt anyone did (not to mention that i bet they probably didn't have much time for that stuff, anyways)......

[Brian]

Winston Churchill could paint, too, though.



Kinda gorgeous!

[pjme]

We all claim to have the best possible taste in music  0:)( Bruckner, Bach, Petterson,Beethoven...)  ,but when it comes to painting: pfff - nothing! 

P.

[Lethevich]

We all claim to have the best possible taste in music  0:)( Bruckner, Bach, Petterson,Beethoven...)  ,but when it comes to painting: pfff - nothing! 

The true Renaissance men are dead, we're relegated to mere specialists

[mn dave]

I could only think of Saul when this came on TV this morning:

http://www.thehebrewhammer.com/