Renowned University of Michigan professor who has taught at the school since 1995 is removed from his post after woke freshman complains about him showing Oscar-nominated acting legend Laurence Olivier in blackface in 1965 film Othello

[laylalex 7,300]

1 minute ago, LIBrty4all said:

Nature is far more beautiful than man-made art.  But people who choose to live in cities will never fully comprehend real art.

Source?  

[Nature Boy 2.0 8,386]

7 minutes ago, laylalex said:

Please don't twist my words. I said it is one of the things that makes us most human. As you just said last night, werds mean things. Use mine when you're trying to capture what I've said.  

 

We are of course free to disagree, but I cannot imagine a world without art in any form. No music, no paintings, no photography, no sculpture or design. Sounds really dreary to me.

You get it to huh . Sometimes it's best not to bite the hook. Too much work

 

 

[LIBrty4all 3,754]

2 minutes ago, Nature Boy 2.0 said:

You get it to huh . Sometimes it's best not to bite the hook. Too much work

 

 

TeddyB would be so proud of you.

Edited October 15, 2021 by LIBrty4all

[Nature Boy 2.0 8,386]

2 minutes ago, LIBrty4all said:

TeddyB would be so proud of you.

How do you know who that was. He has not been around in years 

[LIBrty4all 3,754]

Just now, Nature Boy 2.0 said:

How do you know who that was. He has not been around in years 

Your memory is lapsing.  Perhaps it's past your bedtime?

[Nature Boy 2.0 8,386]

3 minutes ago, LIBrty4all said:

Your memory is lapsing.  Perhaps it's past your bedtime?

My memory is not the best I admit, but I don't recall Teddy being here recently. 

 

Do you remember a poster named Hal Ming. You style reminds me of him. 

 

Sorry all our playing aside I know that was below the belt

[LIBrty4all 3,754]

17 minutes ago, Nature Boy 2.0 said:

My memory is not the best I admit, but I don't recall Teddy being here recently. 

 

Do you remember a poster named Hal Ming. You style reminds me of him. 

 

Sorry all our playing aside I know that was below the belt

Don't think I knew her?  Ming Dynasty perhaps?

It's ok. The only thing below my belt these days is my Buddha Belly.  When you get to be my age, you'll understand.

[Nature Boy 2.0 8,386]

1 hour ago, LIBrty4all said:

Don't think I knew her?  Ming Dynasty perhaps?

It's ok. The only thing below my belt these days is my Buddha Belly.  When you get to be my age, you'll understand.

The only way I could get your age is a time machine youngin

[TBoneTX 46,331]

2 hours ago, Nature Boy 2.0 said:

The only way I could get your age is a time machine youngin

Ageism!  Reported!!!

[Dashinka 24,933]

10 hours ago, LIBrty4all said:

Nature is far more beautiful than man-made art.  But people who choose to live in cities will never fully comprehend real art.

To see an actual sunset over the Panamint Mountains, or the Tasman Sea is much more satisfying than seeing an artist interpretation of it.

[Dashinka 24,933]

10 hours ago, laylalex said:

Please don't twist my words. I said it is one of the things that makes us most human. As you just said last night, werds mean things. Use mine when you're trying to capture what I've said.  

 

We are of course free to disagree, but I cannot imagine a world without art in any form. No music, no paintings, no photography, no sculpture or design. Sounds really dreary to me.

The whole world is art, who needs another's interpretation of that?  Btw, I see someone paid around 18 million pounds sterling for a shredded piece of art.  Makes as much sense as someone paying $500,000 for a Hunter Biden paint by numbers piece.

[LIBrty4all 3,754]

11 hours ago, Dashinka said:

To see an actual sunset over the Panamint Mountains, or the Tasman Sea is much more satisfying than seeing an artist interpretation of it.

I'd give you 1,000 reps if I could.  While there is nothing wrong with someone trying to re-create nature, it typically falls short of the natural beauty.  Watching the sun set from Mount Monserrate in Bogota, or watching the salmon jumping in an ice-cold river in Alaska, or hiking on Jeju Island in Korea... I have never seen anything "artistic" that even comes close.

[millefleur 5,047]

12 hours ago, Dashinka said:

Btw, I see someone paid around 18 million pounds sterling for a shredded piece of art. 

That's because "the art world" today is mostly just a front for money laundering. I'm pretty sure real artists like Rembrandt, Dürer, Hokusai, etc would have agreed that nothing tops nature when it comes to beauty. The state of visual art in the West today is abysmal. It's so bad that Germany recently had to order a replacement historical statue from North Korea because they're one of the few places on earth who are still masters in figurative sculpture.

 

But, it's really a false equivalence to say a sunset is better than a Rembrandt. Apples and oranges in my opinion. Both are great. The amount of skill and labor that went into Rembrandt's works probably blows me away more because I know how hard it is to do what he did, especially etching. If you understand the difficulty of the medium it's a bit easier to appreciate.

[TBoneTX 46,331]

3 hours ago, LIBrty4all said:

natural beauty

Central Chimpanzees flinging poo... indescribable...

3 hours ago, LIBrty4all said:

I have never seen anything "artistic" that even comes close.

Nor have we... nor have we.

[LIBrty4all 3,754]

2 hours ago, millefleur said:

But, it's really a false equivalence to say a sunset is better than a Rembrandt. Apples and oranges in my opinion. Both are great. The amount of skill and labor that went into Rembrandt's works probably blows me away more because I know how hard it is to do what he did, especially etching. If you understand the difficulty of the medium it's a bit easier to appreciate.

I get that.  As a person who is about as artistic as a range hen, I can only look on in wonder as my children draw/paint beautiful creations.  My brain simply cannot do it.  Heck, even elephants in Thailand have more artistic ability than I.  Skills.