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TomokoKendo [2014-06-12 20:16:48 +0000 UTC]
This depicts everything about our country today. To me, the contrast of each bold color to the next represent chaos and disorder. Also kind of look like flames, which is pretty dead on since country is basically going up in flames. The dark figures with all the eyes are like the gov't always watching you. What is the meaning with those
?
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artJWB In reply to TomokoKendo [2014-06-12 22:50:53 +0000 UTC]
well at the time I was living in China. This was that week where they were finding out that the Japanese government had been lying about the nuclear leaks that were still going on in Fukushima that were spreading to the West Coast, the U.S. was gearing up for war in Syria, and then of course that all gets buried in the news by Miley Cyrus's "wacky" performance at the MTV VMAs. that's why I have the natural disaster in the background (the image of the nuclear leak in the ocean), then Dronehead businessmen representing the government gearing towards war (and also the eyes as a touch of surveillance), and of course Miley Cyrus at the forefront. Just like in the news.
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MephMan [2013-11-05 12:27:46 +0000 UTC]
I feel like this is some of ur most striking use of clear bold colors... and good points about "politics", one can never scramble all that into any kind of sense... :<
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artJWB In reply to MephMan [2013-11-06 02:49:25 +0000 UTC]
This is true. That was something I wanted to get across in this piece. Just the overwhelming nature of all this information and all the implications.
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MephMan In reply to artJWB [2014-03-26 00:11:00 +0000 UTC]
Sometimes "I stand all amazed", at the vogue for stupidity of this country especially. Who was it that coined that term... "cult of ignorance"... Carl Sagan maybe...
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artJWB In reply to MephMan [2014-03-27 06:16:45 +0000 UTC]
Yeah, Sagan or someone around that circle. Sometimes I feel like our country is slowly climbing out of the drudgery of proud ignorance. And then sometimes it feels like it's curling up into a defensive spiky ball ready to stick it's barbs into the face of common decency.
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MephMan In reply to artJWB [2014-04-17 19:08:38 +0000 UTC]
Generally bettering yes, but I know what you mean about the porcupine spikes-to-the-face type of thing. I suppose that means we'll have to be the metaphorical projectile-nullifying antivenom (most likely gelatinous)...
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artJWB In reply to MephMan [2014-04-23 05:42:55 +0000 UTC]
haha, absolutely. It's strange but I do feel a certain sort of loose responsibility to wake people (our fellow citizens in particular) up. To what? I'm not sure, I become less sure every day. Perhaps it's that we don't really know much of anything as human beings when it really comes down to it so to act so arrogantly with isms, laws, and controls is backwards and simply leading towards our own destruction. I think we could be a really unique and incredible species, we already are in some respects, but in a lot of ways we're aggressive, furry, rage machines that are barely out of the jungle in Universal terms. I hope creators, healers, and so forth can help right this ship.
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retransmission [2013-10-23 08:09:18 +0000 UTC]
The background looks awesome! I love the bright colors here!
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artJWB In reply to retransmission [2013-10-24 05:09:40 +0000 UTC]
Thank you kindly my friend!
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bear48 [2013-10-21 01:44:35 +0000 UTC]
sweet job
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variouslyvaried [2013-10-19 23:47:57 +0000 UTC]
haha relevant and epic! I seriously hate how she does that with her mouth!
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Campo-Diaz [2013-10-19 08:43:48 +0000 UTC]
Superb!.
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crazygardener [2013-10-19 06:43:57 +0000 UTC]
WOW!! so Cool!!!
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offermoord [2013-10-19 06:04:00 +0000 UTC]
Great! like the message in this..
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