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https://m.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=6&v=DTwEFa5NW2k&feature=emb_title Saw this story in the headline news just now. Peterson was hooked on benzo...

Did you look at the art?

JP reads the philosophy forum shoutbox? Cool that he has that much free time

Feel-good gurus are a dime a dozen and the worth of their help is often demonstrated in their inability to help themselves. It’s good to feel good tho...

I hate him because he’s anti-identity-politics and I LOVE identity politics. I can’t get enough identity politics! What would politics even be without...

Simply that his 12 Rules for Life must be crap and he’s laughing all the way to the bank (with a little help from the Clonazepam).

Maybe you believe that you’re conducting some sort of social science study? as misguided as that would be.

I’m glad there’s an opposing view from the majority but it would be better if it felt like it was coming from someone who was actually invested and no...

I didn’t believe you were Russian troll before but given how long you’ve been doing this and your unwavering consistency I can only conclude that you’...

I can respect anyone who honors their sworn oaths. I could even respect you for honoring whatever contractual agreement you may have made to troll Ame...

Thanks, that made me laugh. The one conservative senator who appears to have upheld conservative values is a fake and a traitor.

The general direction seems to be towards reason and away from faith, yes? Sapiens have the capacity of reason but I think it would be a stretch to sa...

How about “Dogmatic Faith in Reason.”

True. :shade:

I thought it was funny too. Speaking of high emotions, Mitt chooses to honor his oath of impartial justice. It does my heart good. https://www.youtube...

:rofl: Funny how when Trump does some like that it's just "Trump being Trump," tearing down the shackles of political correctness or whatever, but whe...

The hivemind characterizes it as a "tantrum."

Nervous? Is that what they call open displays of defiance in the Trump hivemind? https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EP_TkUxUUAADubR?format=jpg&name=small

Because the mad axe wielding British bloke ate it?

He doesn’t mention happiness even once. Rather, he mentions heaven, comfort, inheritance, fulfillment, mercy, vision, title, persecution, and reward. ...

5" x 5" still-life http://designpraxis.biz/img/apple.jpg

Interesting. Digital, right? What program? I've done a bit of digital with photoshop and a pen display.

A good size faction of the country is programmed to dislike “big govament”, but don’t think much beyond lower taxes, letting the industries they’re em...

This could be costly for some Republican senator’s in their elections.

Conversely, the idea that those with power will not abuse it is conservatism at its worst. Perhaps you should be thankful for the Republican senators ...

5" x 7" plein-air http://designpraxis.biz/img/5th-beach.jpg

I’m actually related to the Fraser clan. https://thumbs.gfycat.com/SphericalQuarrelsomeHorsefly-size_restricted.gif

At a glance it looks like this book is highly rated. You like?

Van Gogh had a very distinctive style/aesthetic. We could give him credit for that vision. But anyway, I notice that you use the phrase “over and over...

I’m not saying that. I thought I made it clear in my previous post that I think commercial art is still art, just with the very intuitive distinction ...

In my opinion, it's not necessarily money itself that defines commercial art but the intent or purpose with which it's created. A clever entrepreneur ...

I understand that another problem is simply that the wealthy, with their privileged position, are good at sheltering their money from taxation, so it'...

I think what distinguishes commercial art is that it’s done for purposes other than self expression, like advertising and branding, or producing art f...

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You appear to spend the vast majority of your time here in the thankless job of defending Trump.

What's so bad about being in favor of something like stoicism, or disfavor of someone who doesn't share your values? It's true that I may be prone to ...

Huh? And that’s bad? Some of your criticism may have been valid but nevertheless accompanied by mockery. Well, this topic that you’ve started shows yo...

Is Pro-Trump sophistry somehow exempt of hysteria?

Other than the ‘California Impressionists’ I don’t know how plein-air painting could be considered a local genre, at least not since the time of the C...

The problem here lies in the law of attraction or like attracts like, as the saying goes. Bartricks will attract and encourage a Bartricks-like member...

If House Democrats failed to follow the correct procedures it’s not indicative of a witch-hunt, as NOS4A2 claims. If a criminal wins a legal case beca...

True. On the other hand, if this scenario were framed as art in some way it could be aesthetically perceived. You might ask what value could this poss...

I have to agree with this. The aspect of painting technique typically referred to as ‘edge’ (skill in controlling the sharpness/softness of a composit...

I think that I remember him saying that he’s not an expert. His tactics are indeed tedious though.

Your private parts start to feel funny.

I was looking for a frame the other day and noticed a framed Van Gogh print. I think it was a placeholder to show off the frame. Anyway, it occurred t...

I thought he was you, mostly because for both of you truth doesn’t appear to be high on you list of values.

Can you explain why you prefer Picasso over Van Gogh?

I’m not saying that it’s not about beauty, I’m saying it’s about experiencing beauty beyond our conventional sense of it. An artist is skilled in indu...

Even if it were possible to test, I don’t anyone would actually want to prove that God exists, basically because the only meaningful God is a human Go...