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 11/01/2010 04:39:27 AM · #26
Clearly death makes me gag.

eta: sorry for the hijack. I failed to mention I like this challenge suggestion and I plan on shooting in manual mode with a random shutter speed and aperture, manual focus with duct tape over the viewfinder and in burst mode while running through city hall naked in an effort to take home the blue.

Message edited by author 2010-11-01 04:46:11.
 11/01/2010 06:44:32 AM · #27
I like this idea.
 11/01/2010 07:02:15 AM · #28
Originally posted by Luci11e:
I like this idea.


art running through city hall naked? or the challenge idea? :)
 11/01/2010 07:45:09 AM · #29
Originally posted by Art Roflmao:



Sublime. The influence of this astounding work is clearly Dadist, and yet it manages to transcend even that genre, stepping as it does nimbly past the humdrum Surrealists and their platitudinous ilk, and staking out a new and heretofore unsuspected plot of creative high ground in the art firmament. The Art firmament. The use of symbols to stand for other symbols is nothing less than inspired. Especially when you realise that those other symbols themselves are mere signposts to a deeper layer of symbolism, and that beyond that threshold lies further contrasting layers of allegory, metaphor and figurative onanism (frankly, it's symbolism all the way down). And for the less discriminating viewer, there is still much amusement and innocent diversion to be had from reflecting on why you would have placed Don's hand so lovingly across your own posthumous crotch.

This is my top pick of all images entered in this thread. 10/10. Thank you.
 11/01/2010 08:17:34 AM · #30
Originally posted by skewsme:
I think Don will be Don.


Still working on a cure for that, huh?
 11/01/2010 09:24:41 AM · #31
Originally posted by Luci11e:
I like this idea.


ah....the challenge idea
 11/01/2010 01:32:55 PM · #32
Originally posted by Art Roflmao:
Clearly death makes me gag.

eta: sorry for the hijack. I failed to mention I like this challenge suggestion and I plan on shooting in manual mode with a random shutter speed and aperture, manual focus with duct tape over the viewfinder and in burst mode while running through city hall naked in an effort to take home the blue.


Actually, you brought up a valid question, created an award-winning (and award-burying) image, and developed a surefire strategy for winning a posthumous ribbon. I think you should get a 007 License to Hijack!
 11/01/2010 02:01:06 PM · #33
Originally posted by Art Roflmao:
Clearly death makes me gag.

eta: sorry for the hijack. I failed to mention I like this challenge suggestion and I plan on shooting in manual mode with a random shutter speed and aperture, manual focus with duct tape over the viewfinder and in burst mode while running through city hall naked in an effort to take home the blue.


ROTFLMAO!!!!!
 11/01/2010 02:34:36 PM · #34
Originally posted by ubique:
Originally posted by Art Roflmao:



Sublime. The influence of this astounding work is clearly Dadist, and yet it manages to transcend even that genre, stepping as it does nimbly past the humdrum Surrealists and their platitudinous ilk, and staking out a new and heretofore unsuspected plot of creative high ground in the art firmament. The Art firmament. The use of symbols to stand for other symbols is nothing less than inspired. Especially when you realise that those other symbols themselves are mere signposts to a deeper layer of symbolism, and that beyond that threshold lies further contrasting layers of allegory, metaphor and figurative onanism (frankly, it's symbolism all the way down). And for the less discriminating viewer, there is still much amusement and innocent diversion to be had from reflecting on why you would have placed Don's hand so lovingly across your own posthumous crotch.

This is my top pick of all images entered in this thread. 10/10. Thank you.


I have to disagree. This is Grotesque. Grotesque is the new Sublime. Symbolism is so yesterday. Every part of the image is singular. The image itself, paradoxically, has no parts; it is a singular whole. Every aspect of the paradox anchors it more firmly in the grotesquerie that passes, in the here-and-now, FOR the here-and-now. A coffin has no crotch. A deflated blue, hand-shaped balloon is not a balloon. This is not a pipe. This is not a dream. But ART, my friend, ART is the ultimate pipe dream. The dreamer and the prospect of the dream are one, the prospect and the result of the dream are one, the dream and the pipe and the artist are one, and the smoke of the dream is the stuff of nightmares.

R.
 11/01/2010 02:50:39 PM · #35
Bear_Music wrote:

"I have to disagree. This is Grotesque. Grotesque is the new Sublime. Symbolism is so yesterday. Every part of the image is singular. The image itself, paradoxically, has no parts; it is a singular whole. Every aspect of the paradox anchors it more firmly in the grotesquerie that passes, in the here-and-now, FOR the here-and-now. A coffin has no crotch. A deflated blue, hand-shaped balloon is not a balloon. This is not a pipe. This is not a dream. But ART, my friend, ART is the ultimate pipe dream. The dreamer and the prospect of the dream are one, the prospect and the result of the dream are one, the dream and the pipe and the artist are one, and the smoke of the dream is the stuff of nightmares."

Art is served.
 11/01/2010 02:51:51 PM · #36
I mean that was brilliant, Bear. I am tempted to quote you all over the net or my family whichever is more virtual or not.
 11/01/2010 02:57:11 PM · #37
Those last few posts are making my head hurt. This is why I'm not a deep thinker. Just show me pretty pictures.

Message edited by author 2010-11-01 15:03:00.
 11/01/2010 02:57:30 PM · #38
Originally posted by tnun:
I mean that was brilliant, Bear. I am tempted to quote you all over the net or my family whichever is more virtual or not.


I never could have done it without my straight-man Senor Ubique :-)

R.
 11/01/2010 03:20:06 PM · #39
Originally posted by Yo_Spiff:
Those last few posts are making my head hurt. This is why I'm not a deep thinker. Just show me pretty pictures.

Ahhh - the innocence and beauty of an uncomplicated mind with simple needs :)
 11/01/2010 03:26:47 PM · #40
I'm going to step out of my arena in an attempt to burst bubbles in the unfamiliar world of fine art critique and disagree with both previous assessments and say that it is crap. Just crap.

11/01/2010 03:29:12 PM · #41
Originally posted by Art Roflmao:
I'm going to step out of my arena in an attempt to burst bubbles in the unfamiliar world of fine art critique and disagree with both previous assessments and say that it is crap. Just crap.



ashes to ashes, crap to crap (something doesn't sound right there...)

Actually when I first typed it, I made a typo and I liked that version better:

ashes to ashes, crap to carp!
 11/01/2010 03:32:39 PM · #42
Originally posted by Art Roflmao:
... I plan on shooting in manual mode with a random shutter speed and aperture, manual focus with duct tape over the viewfinder and in burst mode while running through city hall naked in an effort to take home the blue.

I'm up for that. Wanna have a GTG?
 11/01/2010 03:36:14 PM · #43
Originally posted by vawendy:
ashes to ashes, crap to carp!

I like that better, too. Refresh page to see updated image.

Originally posted by Strikeslip:
Originally posted by Art Roflmao:
... I plan on shooting in manual mode with a random shutter speed and aperture, manual focus with duct tape over the viewfinder and in burst mode while running through city hall naked in an effort to take home the blue.

I'm up for that. Wanna have a GTG?

Ya know, I am looking at my Bucket List right now and I just don't see "Running around naked with Slippy" on it anywhere. :/
 11/01/2010 03:49:13 PM · #44
Originally posted by Art Roflmao:
Ya know, I am looking at my Bucket List right now and I just don't see "Running around naked with Slippy" on it anywhere. :/


That's because there's a hole in your bucket. (Slippy made it. Don't ask why.)
 11/01/2010 04:20:28 PM · #45
Originally posted by Art Roflmao:
Originally posted by vawendy:
ashes to ashes, crap to carp!

I like that better, too. Refresh page to see updated image.



roflmao!
 11/01/2010 04:57:11 PM · #46
Originally posted by Art Roflmao:
I'm going to step out of my arena in an attempt to burst bubbles in the unfamiliar world of fine art critique and disagree with both previous assessments and say that it is crap. Just crap.



See? I told you there was a deeper meaning. Craps Carps are notorious bottom feeders; can't say deeper than that. You're stuck with it, KP: a whole new movement ... 'The Art Firmament'.

Originally posted by Bear_Music:
I never could have done it without my straight-man Senor Ubique :-)

R.

Happy to be of service, Your Honor.
 11/01/2010 06:37:43 PM · #47
Crape Diem
 11/01/2010 06:40:03 PM · #48
And Bohemian Crhapsody was sang by the choir.
 11/01/2010 06:42:35 PM · #49
Beelzebub got a kipper set aside for you.

Grab the fish!
 11/02/2010 03:52:57 AM · #50
I was so excited when I saw this thread appear yesterday (with just 2 or 3 posts in it). I set it to "watch" and expected to upload an image in contribution to the theme. I had already headed to bed tonight when I suddenly rememberd it, got up and turned the computer back on. I uploaded an image, which was originally a candidate for the October Free Study. I went with another for the FS, both because I didn't think it would do well there, and because I thought I had a place to put it on display here.

After uploading it, I came to check out the thread to discover that it's a Challenge Suggestion and not a "post your image here" thread... lol... I feel so cheated, and lame.

That's one cold fish to be served. I'm going back to bed...
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