From the discussion Creative Writing Game
Thu, 15 Jan 2009 03:41:57 -0000
Except for Bill Gates, he was in love with the gypsy.
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From the discussion Creative Writing Game
Wed, 14 Jan 2009 05:39:10 -0000
heart shaped smoke ring and the ogre and the Minotaur went to Vegas and got married. And for a wedding present Bill Gates gave them…
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From the discussion New Creative Writing Game
Wed, 14 Jan 2009 05:23:18 -0000
something to make him not look so odd. He was an alien from another galaxy. He needed something to conceal his…
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From the lesson Elephant Jokes
Sun, 28 Dec 2008 21:44:59 -0000
This is gross, but here goes…What is green, 40 foot long and hangs from a tree? Elephant snot!
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From the discussion The definition of art.
Sat, 18 Oct 2008 23:32:57 -0000
I think art is the magic combination of uniqueness, expression, and technical skill. I’ll have to think some more about what is not art.
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From the discussion Have you Flickr'd yet?
Sat, 18 Oct 2008 23:09:28 -0000
I like flikr also, I mainly collect favorites from other people. My own photostream is sparse. Check out oneeyedjax, she has a lot of pictures that I like, nature and nice macro shots. I don’t like the rules about posting flickr pictures onto other sites, if a flicker member sees a picture that does not link back to flickr, you may be denied access to flickr. I switched to picasa for hosting my photographs.
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From the discussion The artist you haven't heard of.
Sat, 11 Oct 2008 21:23:48 -0000
I think Jesse Wiedel is an interesting, although disturbing, artist. He lives in Eureka,California. He portrays the untouchables in American low society. He started with dead clowns, bar life, the disabled and truckers; and has moved through series of serial killers, prostitutes, and trailer park life. His oil bar on paper works are stunning in the complexity of texture and color. His oil on board works are compelling in color and content. He shines a stark light on a tragic American, society
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From the discussion Your favourite painting?
Sat, 04 Oct 2008 16:01:48 -0000
Escher is great. I like the one where he is portraying himself on the page by using his reflection seen off of a reflective sphere. His tessellations are interesting, too. I’m thinking of horses and knights or salamanders.
I like Rothko, too. They are simple but have a presence that invites an emotional response. Aren’t they rather large in real life?
I’ve seen the Ginoux painting and the colors sing!
As far as abstract art, I think you have to have the capacity to enjoy things that you don’t understand intellectually-for me American football is very abstract.
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From the discussion Let's discuss Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh
Sat, 04 Oct 2008 15:27:43 -0000
oLahav and Lucy, perhaps I was too harsh on dear Tigger. You are kind people willing to look deeper into the nature of behavior and be supportive of individuals. I just remember a Disney T. V. program that featured Tigger for an episode and the character ran around on his tail, bouncing, as you say, with no clear purpose, making a lot of whooping noises that were irritating to me at the time. I was probably in a bad mood. Clearly he was just expressing his youthful exuberance for just being alive and having the ability to bounce on his tail!
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From the discussion Creative Writing Game
Tue, 30 Sep 2008 05:20:01 -0000
writing a screenplay on his Macbook about a gypsy with Magic mirrors who suddenly….
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From the discussion Your favourite painting?
Tue, 30 Sep 2008 04:46:32 -0000
I love Madame Ginioux by Van Gogh! And lots of others too! Sorry for spelling errors.
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lucyinthesky said – Tue, 30 Sep 2008 13:54:54 -0000
No worries lala! Just glad your sharing your favourite art with us! Is this the Madame Ginoux painting you’re talking about? Why do you like it? :)
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From the discussion Let's discuss Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh
Sun, 28 Sep 2008 02:25:46 -0000
How has Disney improved Tigger? I need to go buy another set of these books to read again-so I can carry on in this discussion. But Disney’s Tigger is obnoxious, in my opinion.
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oLahav said – Tue, 30 Sep 2008 15:34:20 -0000
Tigger really only appeared in the second book and just for a couple of chapters (one where everybody found out what he likes to eat and another where Rabbit tries to get him lost in the forest). He’s described as “bouncy”, and Piglet’s afraid of him, but other than that his character isn’t very well defined in my opinion. He clearly holds a high opinion of himself and lies a lot, but whether that stems from naivety, stupidity, or pride is unclear.
Disney’s Tigger gives a whole new meaning to the word bouncy. He’s featured in a lot more stories, episodes and movies, where his character is established in a much clearer way. As well, the voice acting is usually very well done when it comes to Tigger. So in my opinion, Disney’s version is better.
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From the discussion What's your favorite book, and why?
Thu, 21 Aug 2008 03:14:49 -0000
Another favorite book is the Pagan Rabbi by Cynthia Ozick. Her images are incredible. She wrote the Messiah a short book about people tracking down old books and manuscripts; hoping to decipher who the messiah will be. Sad at the end, but kind of quirky-which I like. Chandra-I liked Herman Hesse novels too; although, it has been a while since I read them. Oren, thanks for creating this site! I have so many good reads ahead of me now. We should all read something together (something short) and talk about it.
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oLahav said – Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:26:48 -0000
lala- I didn’t create this site at all, LearnHub has great development and content teams behind it that’s been here long before me, and they’ve done an incredible job, so all credit should go to them.
I did start this community though, and I’m glad I did, I found some reading suggestions here and I’m happy others did too.
As per your comment- I never read Herman Hesse, but I’ve been meaning to. Which is his best book in your opinion? I could already find two in this thread…
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acrosstheuniverse said – Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:50:16 -0000
Herman Hesse is a great writer. I read Siddhartha a while back and it was a joy to read.
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From the discussion Stitch n' Pitch
Mon, 11 Aug 2008 04:22:41 -0000
Wow! Now that’s some social event to meet other knitters. I’m 5hrs away from any baseball stadium-boo hoo.
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acrosstheuniverse said – Mon, 11 Aug 2008 15:03:14 -0000
oh no! Well, you should start a stitch n’ pitch at your local diamond! Wouldn’t that be something!
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From the discussion What's your favorite book, and why?
Sat, 09 Aug 2008 20:26:20 -0000
Oren, The Murder of Roger Akroyd was great. You tipped me off by your own surprise at the ending. I agree it is a good “Who Done It?”
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From the discussion How does a community help in learning?
Sat, 02 Aug 2008 05:08:56 -0000
I have my favorite communities. It would be nice to have some kind of invitation for a community to be online at one time and have everyone in that community comment on a topic. Maybe we could have a contest to see how many discussions have posts using the most number of members. I have no idea of the prizes. But maybe we could have a tournament of sorts mediated by our top authorities. Just a crazy idea-it’s past my bedtime.
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From the discussion What's your favorite book, and why?
Sat, 02 Aug 2008 04:56:44 -0000
Sorry about the strikethrough, I’m not sure what I did, there. Oh Well…..Lala
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From the discussion What's your favorite book, and why?
Sat, 02 Aug 2008 04:54:05 -0000
Oren, I finally read, the Murder of Roger Ackoyd. It was fantastic. I was a little clued in on who it was because you had said you didn’t see it coming. So I was looking for something strange. It was my first Agatha Christy. I’m hooked now. Thanks for the tip. I just finished another “who
done -it” that was very interesting. The Leper’s Bell. By Peter Treymane. I’ve read maybe ten books in the seriesI am very interested in the characters and the period of ancient Ireland. The author has written Scholarly books on ancient Irish texts. The main character, Fidelma, is very modern in her attitudes and very intelligent.
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lucyinthesky said – Tue, 21 Oct 2008 14:21:32 -0000
Very well said. I think art is about stealing as much as you can from as many people, and making it something your own. Well, I don’t really mean “steal” so much as I mean inspiration. You have to be inspired from something. One good thief is worth ten good scholars.
As for what art is NOT. I’ve tried to give it some thought, but I think real art is neither “authoritative” nor “dictative”. At least not in the ironic sense. Hmm…it’s so hard to try and describe.