Random Thoughts

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

Not if there's any justice in the world, we won't.

Boru

I’d settle for a movie where Miley literally goes and fucks herself. Hannah wig optional; if Disney wants to claim copyright over that, it’s their loss.

The difference between Miley and her father is that Miley has some talent.

Boru

[Rev. Rye]

The Leo version of the Mona Lisa isn’t even the best portrait of Lisa del Giocondo. That one’s in the Prado. 

I'm not sure if it's any better artistically. It's a more or less exact copy done by one of his students and it's just better preserved.

Boru

When it's more or less an exact copy AND it's better preserved, what real edge does the original have on it besides fame and actually having a name attached to it?

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

I'm not sure if it's any better artistically. It's a more or less exact copy done by one of his students and it's just better preserved.

Boru

When it's more or less an exact copy AND it's better preserved, what real edge does the original have on it besides fame and actually having a name attached to it?

I didn’t claim either one had an edge. I said I’m not sure if it’s better artistically.  ‘Better’ is a very problematic term when it comes to art. Gun to my head, though, I’d probably pick the Prado.

Boru

[Paleophyte]

We are now in one of the two even-more-absurd-than-usual weeks of the year where the answer to the question "Is it Daylight Savings?" depends on where you live. Since 2007, the US and Canada have been observing DST for an extra week on each end of the calendar, doing nothing but ensuring that they're out of step with everybody else who uses this already absurd system. For Europe, the clocks fell back this morning, but the US and Canada will keep theirs set forward until next Sunday at 2 AM.

Could somebody please take this non-standard standard out into a field with a gun and do the only merciful thing?

[Alan V]

I'm not sure if it's any better artistically. It's a more or less exact copy done by one of his students and it's just better preserved.

Boru

When it's more or less an exact copy AND it's better preserved, what real edge does the original have on it besides fame and actually having a name attached to it?

First of all, the original IS the original and not a copy -- Leonardo created an original composition.  Second, there are many subtleties in the original which are not present in the copy.

For instance, per Google: "Sfumato is a painting technique for creating soft, hazy transitions between colors and tones, eliminating harsh lines to achieve a "smoky" or "blurred" effect. It was famously used by Leonardo da Vinci to add realism and atmospheric depth, particularly in facial features and landscapes, as seen in the Mona Lisa. The technique involves using thin, transparent layers of paint, often blended with a dry brush, to mimic how the human eye perceives soft gradations of light and shadow."

[Paraselene]

2029 will mark the one-hundred year anniversary since The Great Depression.

I theorize it'll hit again before 2029.

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

2029 will mark the one-hundred year anniversary since The Great Depression.

I theorize it'll hit again before 2029.

But they won't call it that. It'll something like 'The Great Recession II'. Recessions are pesky, depressions scare people.

Boru