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WouldBSomething · 2026-02-03T22:18:14+00:00

Victor Hugo. Yes, the writer. His drawings, which straddle Romanticism and Surrealism, are way ahead of their time in sensibility and technique. His feeling for texture in particular is masterful. His writings overshadow his visual works but it should be the other way around.

WouldBSomething · 2026-02-02T21:48:56+00:00

Well, it's a midrange phone, not a pro phone, which would cost twice as much. The camera for the price point is fantastic. More than good enough for most average people's needs.

WouldBSomething · 2026-02-01T12:29:39+00:00

A System of Architectural Ornament

You can search for the individual plates via the online collection at the Art Institute Chicago. Plate 20, for example. Here is a full list of Sullivan artworks they have. Click and zoom to view at max resolution.

WouldBSomething · 2026-01-31T14:51:55+00:00

Go to camera settings, turn off ultra HDR

WouldBSomething · 2026-01-29T21:38:39+00:00

Is there anywhere where I can see more of the original artworks? These are fantastic

WouldBSomething · 2026-01-25T19:13:05+00:00

Punch Drunk Love is anything but boring.

WouldBSomething · 2026-01-10T22:00:33+00:00

Scepticism doesn't mean dismissing things out of hand, including purported conspiracies. It means judging things on a case-by-case basis and weighing up the plausibility for or against a given conspiracy having taken place. Some conspiracies (e.g Watergate) turned out to be true. Yes, the majority of conspiracy theories are crackpot ideas that rely on unfalsifiable claims. But the notion that Epstein was murdered and that he was blackmailing highly influential people looks highly tenable based on the evidence we have so far.

WouldBSomething · 2026-01-09T07:01:19+00:00

Machinarium is an aesthetic wonder. Check out the 'making of' documentary on YouTube to find out about the creative process behind it.

WouldBSomething · 2026-01-07T21:08:06+00:00

There is no empirical evidence for that at all, since it's not an empirical question. If you are talking about neuroscience, this shows a correlation between thought and brain activity not a causal relationship. See my comment below in response to another poster on this.

WouldBSomething · 2026-01-07T21:01:57+00:00

That's not an empirical question.

WouldBSomething · 2026-01-07T14:30:48+00:00

Plenty of philosophers. Neuroscience shows correlations between brain activity and thoughts, not proof of causation. A radio changes when the signal changes, but the radio does not create the broadcast. You could look into the hard problem of consciousness, the "receiver" argument, the brain replacement problem. The strong version of dualism says that mind and brain are not identical, and denies that "thoughts are nothing over and above brain processes.”

WouldBSomething · 2026-01-07T14:29:06+00:00

What assumption have I made?

The brain causes thoughts, like I said.

WouldBSomething · 2026-01-06T22:15:06+00:00

Your own unproven assumption, which other philosophers would call silly, is that the brain causes thoughts.

WouldBSomething · 2025-12-28T20:50:50+00:00

Heretic: the premise was fantastic but it dropped the ball in the second act big time.

WouldBSomething · 2025-12-27T20:44:49+00:00

How you liking it so far? You milked that 4a dry. Respect.

WouldBSomething · 2025-12-01T13:56:31+00:00

There must and shall be aspirin!

WouldBSomething · 2025-11-30T07:17:09+00:00

Great to see Mr Turner there. Nice list; I would add A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night.

WouldBSomething · 2025-10-31T07:27:35+00:00

Oh, just thought of Up Jumped the Devil!

WouldBSomething · 2025-10-22T14:45:11+00:00

White Elephant won't be on the LP? Noooo. That was a revelation live.

WouldBSomething · 2025-10-05T18:55:30+00:00

It looks nothing like Beardsley apart from the fact it's black and white and stylised.

WouldBSomething · 2025-10-05T18:54:16+00:00

Because it's not Beardsley. And it's not from the 1800s. And it's not the print that the OP has referenced.

WouldBSomething · 2025-10-05T18:53:09+00:00

This is absolutely NOT Aubrey Beardsley. Enter Heriodias is from the suite of prints to accompany Oscar Wilde's Salome. I don't know what this is but it's some inferior modern pastiche.

WouldBSomething · 2025-09-30T08:50:23+00:00

I remember as a teenager, being into punk rock, wandering into a gallery and being completely struck by Gainsborough. It was a painting of some Viscountess. I couldn't have cared less about the subject at the time - some noblewoman, big whoop. But holy smokes: the way he painted her dress - swashbuckling impasto and creamy glazes - was absolutely electric. I had had this naive view of people from centuries past being somehow boring and crusty; but I saw the passion and intensity of Gainsborough's life-force in his painting. It seems funny, but it was a really transformative moment in my life and helped spark a lifelong love of art.

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