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googlyminotaur In reply to revscrj [2004-09-03 22:46:39 +0000 UTC]
On the contrary, you're WAY better than Van Helsing (obviously)
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googlyminotaur In reply to revscrj [2004-09-05 00:20:36 +0000 UTC]
Well, if there was a God, there wouldn't be a Van Helsing...
....unless he'd have a cruel sense of humor about life in general...
...Wait, there's THAT kind of God then! That'd make PERFECT sense!
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googlyminotaur In reply to revscrj [2004-09-08 13:39:55 +0000 UTC]
LOL, yeah, you're a VERY deep thinker...
...took me a while to understand that...
and of course, I totally see the irony...what's even more ironic to me is how TV itself is fantasized about so heavily, and all things inside the TV are fantasies...
...worse yet, those many whom fantasize over what they see realize they'll never "be" what the actors and actresses are, and then become depressed and become fed, at times, the OPPOSITE of what is good for one (anorexia, bulemia, tons of inferiority complexes, etc). And the viewers continue to worship these actors and actresses for "what they are".
I just never take it seriously.
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revscrj In reply to googlyminotaur [2004-09-09 07:15:10 +0000 UTC]
>...worse yet, those many whom fantasize over what they see realize they'll never "be" what the actors and actresses are, and then become depressed and become fed, at times, the OPPOSITE of what is good for one (anorexia, bulemia, tons of inferiority complexes, etc). And the viewers continue to worship these actors and actresses for "what they are".>
That is why it is done. Keep people reaching at impossible goals or selfdestructive ones so that you are either a hamster running on one of their wheels or you are unintentionally martyring yourself for their cause.
>I just never take it seriously.
-which is truly the best thing to do to keep from being infected by it, consider yourself blessed.
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googlyminotaur In reply to revscrj [2004-09-09 13:42:30 +0000 UTC]
wow, our opinons are REALLY similar...
...but really, life is all about comlications and an buildup of fears and complexes until one reaches the breaking point and either goes insane or gives up.
I've sort of given up already, but I'm still angry about how many of my friends become tools to the media and to idols on TV, therefore I'm merely trapped in an OUTER, rather than an INNER, circle of the aforementioned "vicious cycle" of the media.
Music also frustrated me, since it's in such a sick state....man, thank God for Radiohead and NIN, they're fighting the good fight against Jessica Simpson and Co...
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revscrj In reply to googlyminotaur [2004-09-16 06:40:34 +0000 UTC]
>I've sort of given up already, but I'm still angry about how many of my friends become tools to the media and to idols on TV, therefore I'm merely trapped in an OUTER, rather than an INNER, circle of the aforementioned "vicious cycle" of the media.>
Good, you are far better for it. Habitualize it. When I see a commercial that tries to sell me a beer with a pair of tits I vocally, reflexifly go "Fuck you." to the magazine/tv whatever and put a black mark next to that brand in my mind. This is exactly the opposite of the effect that they want from me- they want the repitition of such ads to make me eventually over seeing them 1000's of times to associate Beer-X with Double-D-Breast but instead I have accumulated a deep hate for them by using their psychological tactic to my ethical ends- sure I am still letting the behavior modification tactics work on me but the direction they work toward is one that I have established not them.
>Music also frustrated me, since it's in such a sick state....
Always has been always will be (until the species enlightens and gives up money at the same time shunning the power mongers in all their forms). The greatest musicians have almost with out exception not been in the forefront of the popular trends except for a toke one or two per genre, the rest are hand-picked by accountant CEO types for "investment" reason because the token one or two "wouldve be great to have gotten in on the ground floor of" and they are hoping that ooo their band "Crib of dirt" might be able to ride that profitable wake. Almost invariably they are the shallowest obvious attempts at imitation one can find because thats what the CEOs want/can recognize.
>man, thank God for Radiohead and NIN, they're fighting the good fight against Jessica Simpson and Co... >
I make my own music these days. Most everything I listen to I have made.
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googlyminotaur In reply to revscrj [2004-09-02 13:46:17 +0000 UTC]
Oh, your art sure as HELL gets across, you really are extremely talented at digging deeper in what seemed already dug-up.
Muy bueno, hombre!
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googlyminotaur In reply to revscrj [2004-09-03 22:47:25 +0000 UTC]
Me parece que hablas EspaΓ±ol...ΒΏLo hΓ‘s estudiado?
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revscrj In reply to googlyminotaur [2004-09-04 08:08:14 +0000 UTC]
Grazi
(but dont go thinking I speak Italian)
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moksha--- [2004-08-25 05:49:19 +0000 UTC]
talk about inactivity..
kevin.. i cant say what did it ..
whether it was my sequential viewing after "how dare you"
or was it just this image sole-ly
but hereon.. this is being proclaimed..
you've got urself a "fan"
bows to the reverend intellectualness..
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moksha--- In reply to revscrj [2004-08-26 04:31:53 +0000 UTC]
ooops "rev" that was a serious error..
and no i dont know why ud want to bash me up.. wat were u talkin about?
and yes sir.. big fan of yours~
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westudios [2004-07-20 20:05:47 +0000 UTC]
This is a very wicked piece of artwork, if I must say. It does an excellent job of capturing the grisly nature of your concept. It's definitely dark, so I just have to love it!
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revscrj In reply to westudios [2004-07-23 06:47:53 +0000 UTC]
Many thanks! I was raised early on as a Catholic and so deep down I have a closeness to this subject. It always bothered me though that if the divine were "all-knowing" as the Catholics claim and "all powerful" how the rebellion could have possibly occured! I had heard things like God wept for the rebel host... well why didnt he simply twitch his proverbial nose and change it all to a more preferable state? I was like 7 or so and it was the beginings of what would eventually lead me to leave Catholocism.
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LordOfSenses [2004-06-21 19:51:14 +0000 UTC]
beautiful, i will write a prose piece based on this painting.
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FlameBug [2004-06-17 02:16:36 +0000 UTC]
This is wild! It reminds me of a psychotic clown.
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revscrj In reply to FlameBug [2004-06-18 16:07:49 +0000 UTC]
I like that- thanks!
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princepoo [2004-06-15 07:11:06 +0000 UTC]
happenstance - thomas hardy.
that's what this reminds me of.
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revscrj In reply to princepoo [2004-06-16 07:06:23 +0000 UTC]
Never read it, but if that reminds you of it I find my interest piqued. The whole moralistic approach of Hardy kinda weighs heavy on me but you say you liked it or no?
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princepoo In reply to revscrj [2004-06-16 07:12:09 +0000 UTC]
i enjoyed it, i think it's listed as "Hap" on some websites. talks about how if God hated his existence then he could die in peace, but since there is no God and only happenstance that decides his mortality, he cannot bear it.
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revscrj In reply to princepoo [2004-06-16 07:21:29 +0000 UTC]
Interesting. It does make sense. In most western religions G is a security net/blanket. The concept that G isnt that or that there is no G puts one into the realm of potential death or maiming *for no reason whatsoever* at any given moment. This is frightening to people who dont have any grasp on the nature of Nature.
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princepoo In reply to revscrj [2004-06-16 07:25:57 +0000 UTC]
it's a very natural fear, to be insignificant.
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radiostar [2004-06-15 02:51:49 +0000 UTC]
we're moving in to the print field i see. good luck
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revscrj In reply to freespace [2004-06-25 17:46:53 +0000 UTC]
To flip perspective and play.. uhm... god'd advocate (?)... if the univers was made by Its will in order to occupy the passing of infinite time then what moral apply to the "daydream" that is everything including the lifeforms? OR: if you are writing a story can you be cruel to your characters and still be a good person? How would your characters feel about that?
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freespace In reply to revscrj [2004-06-25 23:39:32 +0000 UTC]
If we live in the dreamscape of God(s), and we are selfaware to the level where we can question the premises of our own existence, then we decide what morals apply. These would be the morals we have developed. After all, we are selfaware (or are we really).
We havne't evolved to such a state of consciousness where our thoughts are sufficiently complex to become independ, to become, as we perhaps did, self aware, entities in their own right. As such, our characters, will never feel a moment of remorse, just as a scupture will never feel pissed off if its creator created to portry a message it didn't like.
It begs the question: does self awareness grant free will of choice (morals, ethics)?
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freespace In reply to freespace [2004-07-04 13:38:13 +0000 UTC]
Hehe, fear not. With the current state of technology, it will be DECADES before we even have AI approaching that of a cat.
You can no express irrationality in a system of equations.
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revscrj In reply to freespace [2004-07-04 06:27:40 +0000 UTC]
These are questions we will need to answer VERY SOON as we are nearing the AI age.......
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auntiehistamine [2004-06-14 18:51:14 +0000 UTC]
Reds and Greens, the colors of passion and envy according to some. I like that. Very nice how you have depicted an emotion rather that a conception of Lucifer.
Oddly, this also reminds me of a very angry Donald Duck in a way.
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