So many people think Picasso and Braque must have invented Cubism because they couldn’t draw, or even that all abstract art is just an excuse for being unable to produce “good” (ie figurative) paintings.
Often it’s the same people who think poets can’t write if their poems don’t have stanzas and rhyme schemes.
They should be made to go to an exhibition of early Picasso works.
They’ve read that the guy was personally a jerk, on top of his “lack of talent”… so they’re ready to criticize him and mock his work…
But nobody could do that after seeing paintings he did at an age when most of us were still struggling to color the pretty kitty inside the lines.
He was amazing, a child prodigy, and an artistic genius.. which no doubt contributed to his massive ego and the arrogance he was known for.
I certainly don’t like the way he treated the women in his life… but I have to admit that I find the skill in all his work mesmerizing.
This is said to be from the original newspaper clipping… but the person who posted it didn’t say what newspaper, and it’s past my bedtime:
“Fortune Teller Reading Future from Mouth of Crocodile
3/30/1953
Rome:
Something new in the profession of crystal gazing comes about, as the fortune teller with Togni Circus peers into the throat of a crocodile to see into the future. The new system of looking ahead attracts greater crowds than the old method.”
You obviously don’t follow the George Carlin school of comedy. 😉
My brother, sister and I were just remarking how it’s easier to make jokes around each other, because we don’t have to worry about tiptoeing around each other’s feelings.
Lower energy use. But enough lower to ever offset that $275? Probably not.
It’s kind of the same with my hybrid car – I’m using about 40% of the gas I used to purchase. But I paid a few thousand more for the hybrid than the standard gas model. I don’t know how long I’ll have to drive it to recover the higher cost through gas savings.
Although, at today’s gas prices it might not take long at all.
Loretta Young pretended her natural daughter by Gable was her adopted child. Judy Lewis was very slow realizing that Gable was her papa – seemed that it was common knowledge.
Clark Gable and Loretta Young had a daughter together (Judy Lewis, author of Uncommon Knowledge). He never acknowledged his daughter. I recently read a book Ms. Lewis wrote. Am and will continue to be haunted by it. Hollywood was a stickler back in those days. Times have changed.
He had such an interesting take on so many things. I happen to enjoy quotes from Thomas Sowell as well, although they’re not delivered as comedy like Carlin could deliver them. Too bad, comedy allows ideas to sink in more slowly, while allowing people to catch up.
OK you slackers! Straighten up your ranks. We’ll never win this competition if you can’t get your lines straight! You, on the inside, keep it down to a slow paddle. Out on the perimeter, speed it up to match! Watch the paddler to your left and keep up with them!
Of the 5, three are fairly straightforward, but one is almost invisible … I see it cos I remember it, but it was really hard to find… and one is just a design of a paw print.
Yeah, I agree Susan, and like last time, I had to lighten-up the photo because otherwise it is way too dark.
But, found all 5 in the end, including the paw.
16th May 1935, Seen in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire. Mr. A L Whale is 82 years old and still rides his ‘boneshaker’ bicycle with iron wheels which he built in 1871, only the second such machine to be built in England.
It must have been fifty years, and this earworm has stayed embedded in my brain, so that I can’t even read the word “kingfisher” without hearing it.
I was thinking of having it surgically removed, but they say those operations are expensive, with a high rate of failure… And besides, at least it’s kinda pretty….
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Aaaaaannnndd … it’s another stress monster.
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Pablo Picasso -1896 (painted when he was 15)
So many people think Picasso and Braque must have invented Cubism because they couldn’t draw, or even that all abstract art is just an excuse for being unable to produce “good” (ie figurative) paintings.
Often it’s the same people who think poets can’t write if their poems don’t have stanzas and rhyme schemes.
They should be made to go to an exhibition of early Picasso works.
They’ve read that the guy was personally a jerk, on top of his “lack of talent”… so they’re ready to criticize him and mock his work…
But nobody could do that after seeing paintings he did at an age when most of us were still struggling to color the pretty kitty inside the lines.
He was amazing, a child prodigy, and an artistic genius.. which no doubt contributed to his massive ego and the arrogance he was known for.
I certainly don’t like the way he treated the women in his life… but I have to admit that I find the skill in all his work mesmerizing.
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s’alright !
I either don’t know the reference, or I’m just up too late….
you’ll see the reference starting at 1:35
Oh… I do associate the expression with Señor Wences, even still today.
But the alligator didn’t bring either to my mind.
Give me back my wallet – or else!!!
Okay okay… but it’ll cost you an arm and a leg.
Not if the reptile is made into a wallet.
This is said to be from the original newspaper clipping… but the person who posted it didn’t say what newspaper, and it’s past my bedtime:
“Fortune Teller Reading Future from Mouth of Crocodile
3/30/1953
Rome:
Something new in the profession of crystal gazing comes about, as the fortune teller with Togni Circus peers into the throat of a crocodile to see into the future. The new system of looking ahead attracts greater crowds than the old method.”
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That’s actually what I was thinking of!
I was trying to remember what other symbols Woodstock used, but I guess he didn’t.
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I can’t understand how or why Phydeaux is tolerating that.
If you could see her through my eyes….
So there!!!
If I pull this off I won’t have to hunt until next month.
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What a time to be alive.
Here’s another fun fluid flow gadget from Nikola Tesla to engage your mind. Flow of any fluid (air, water, ice, magma), can be fascinating.:
I was going to make a joke but good taste won.
You obviously don’t follow the George Carlin school of comedy. 😉
My brother, sister and I were just remarking how it’s easier to make jokes around each other, because we don’t have to worry about tiptoeing around each other’s feelings.
It wasn’t anything to do with you, personally…
Just about… oh gosh… the um… unfascinating flow… of certain fluids.
They sell fans like that at Costco.
I saw them when I was shopping for a fan.
They’re made by Dyson… and only like… maybe $300 for a desk fan, compared to the $25 I paid for the WooZoo desk fan I love.
Maybe they’re better… but $275 better?
Lower energy use. But enough lower to ever offset that $275? Probably not.
It’s kind of the same with my hybrid car – I’m using about 40% of the gas I used to purchase. But I paid a few thousand more for the hybrid than the standard gas model. I don’t know how long I’ll have to drive it to recover the higher cost through gas savings.
Although, at today’s gas prices it might not take long at all.
The extra $275 is for the snot-factor.
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A fascinating movie/book couple, with so much seeming promise in their lives, but destined to tragedy.
Loretta Young pretended her natural daughter by Gable was her adopted child. Judy Lewis was very slow realizing that Gable was her papa – seemed that it was common knowledge.
It’s still considered, when adjusted for inflation, the highest grossing movie of all time.
Just in case it’s right on the tip of your tongue…. but you can’t think of it…
Clark Gable and Loretta Young had a daughter together (Judy Lewis, author of Uncommon Knowledge). He never acknowledged his daughter. I recently read a book Ms. Lewis wrote. Am and will continue to be haunted by it. Hollywood was a stickler back in those days. Times have changed.
“I saw it in the window and couldn’t resist.”
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He had such an interesting take on so many things. I happen to enjoy quotes from Thomas Sowell as well, although they’re not delivered as comedy like Carlin could deliver them. Too bad, comedy allows ideas to sink in more slowly, while allowing people to catch up.
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I think some of those don’t really count as “The Current State”.
Nor do some of the past small sovreign territories count as countries.
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Ooooh! White fox fur. The ne plus ultra!
Very fashionable ladies drinking wine… England, 1934
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OK you slackers! Straighten up your ranks. We’ll never win this competition if you can’t get your lines straight! You, on the inside, keep it down to a slow paddle. Out on the perimeter, speed it up to match! Watch the paddler to your left and keep up with them!
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Can’t fool me! I know there’s only three…
I had a beef with this one last time….
Yeah, I agree Susan, and like last time, I had to lighten-up the photo because otherwise it is way too dark.
But, found all 5 in the end, including the paw.
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How to exercise your cat.
The legendary mole-kat, uncovered…
Once thought to be extinct, it’s now on the Endangered Species list…
Like the bugs when you lift a rock.
16th May 1935, Seen in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire. Mr. A L Whale is 82 years old and still rides his ‘boneshaker’ bicycle with iron wheels which he built in 1871, only the second such machine to be built in England.
Kingfisher.
It must have been fifty years, and this earworm has stayed embedded in my brain, so that I can’t even read the word “kingfisher” without hearing it.
I was thinking of having it surgically removed, but they say those operations are expensive, with a high rate of failure… And besides, at least it’s kinda pretty….
Kingfish
From today’s London “Daily Mail.”
This would make a good “find the differences” puzzle.