Rainn Wilson’s dad owns a contemporary art gallery, showing off his own stuff among other artists. Usually I’m pretty lenient with my views on art, but I’m a little bit argh that for $1800 you can get something that looks like my youngest drew it.
It’s like the quiz about whether it’s a painting done by a pre-schooler, an elephant, or famous artist:
Test your artistic instincts with this fun quiz! But first, a little about our artists:
Jean Miotte is a semi-famous contemporary artist who resides in New York, NY. Her work is displayed in many private galleries, and a few public galleries, including the famous Guggenheim Museum. She expresses herself with gestural brushstrokes and thick color pools, inspired by her inner conflicts.
Jackson Pollock was an influential American artist and a major force in the abstract expressionism movement. By the mid to late 1940’s he developed a painting method which made him famous: dripping paint on large flat canvasses to create expressions of “unconscious imagery”. Jackson Pollock died in Long Island, New York, in a car accident.
Kamala the elephant resides in the Calgary Zoo in Alberta, Canada. Kamala expresses her mood through a form of “finger (or, should we say, trunk) painting”, using custom made brushes onto an easel mounted canvas. Some of her paintings have sold for over 2,000 dollars!
Ian Ford is a preschooler from the United States. He likes to eat paste (just kidding).
Take a look at the paintings below and guess the artist! You can click on each painting for a larger view. Scroll to the bottom of the page for the answers.
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Answers To Quiz:
A. Jackson Pollock B. Kamala the elephant C. Jean Miotte D. Kamala the elepant E. Ian Ford, Preschooler F. Ian Ford, Preschooler G. Jackson Pollock
This video summarizes my thoughts on how much of an uphill battle Bing has to become a household/junior higher friendly name. Here’s a more detailed explanation of what I’ve seen.
Because we all need motivation to buy the best-selling console out there right now.
This is what I feel like the majority of the companies view the Wii as. It shows by how the majority of games are developed. “Well, this sold. So how about throwing in a squirt gun and calling it good?”
How many carnival game collections does one system need? I’ve stopped hoping for decent RPGs and turned to an unlikely source…books.
Aluminum – What can’t you do? You hold soda, you case laptops. Now you can be applied like a Band-Aid to a leaky roof.
Sure, it looks horrible. But it keeps water out a lot better than housing development signs. Yeah, the previous owner built a porch out of scrap wood. It started out great, but it didn’t last long.
While up on the roof, I noticed more shingles that had broken off. Tomorrow morning holds even more promise. My wife bought a bundle. Why didn’t anyone tell me these things were so ruttin’ heavy?
Today also brought the repair of a toilet. We went through a certain hierarchy to prioritize the work today. I always get nervous around water repairs. I hold my breath until I forget that I worked on it. It’s not like a shelf – you put something on it and if it breaks, then it wasn’t a good shelf. But water can leak subtly.
I love summer because I can finally catch up on repairs that sit during the school year. My wife and I started to repair the handle system to our guest bathroom. Some readers may remember that over a year ago a bestia imparable crushed the handle by just resting a pinky on it. We’re now getting around to repairing it.
With this work I feel blessed. Through previous stuff breaking down my wife and I have added to our repair repertoire. We learned some of these tricks from helpful friends. The bathtub no longer leaks. It’s not quite where I’d like it. While having the ‘H’ turn on the cold water is quirky and may lead to some comic mischief, I think we can do better. Many in the world don’t have running water, so today was a reminder of what I do have.
The Camel Spider. That is one massive beastly spider. Out of curiosity spurred by Booyor-izzle’s gigantic Gator Gar or whatever that thing is, I took the challenge upon myself to find something that might challenge that Gator Gar for “Things to keep you awake at night” and so here is this thing. These are generally found in the desert, these things also vary in size from very small to ridiculous large. If you are bitten by one of these things, all I can say is get help. Much like scorpions the lethality level of these things is dependent on their size. Here is another form of the camel spider:
I have discovered the surefire method to killing both of these freakish things that not even a can of Ultra-Raid Spray can do. This weapon is so powerful that if you shoot the Gator Gar or this spider, it will send a telepathic message to all of their respective kinds saying, “Step the Eff Off o’ me”.
The alligator gar is native to the southern United States. Fishers hate them because they tear up bass and other trophy fish.
But these things can grow up to eight feet long and top 300 pounds. The babies are three feet long. You don’t catch these with a rod and reel. It turns out that the favored tactic is shooting them with a crossbow. [insert your own World War Z/Left 4 Dead references here]
With the NBA season officially ending in the crowning of the Los Angeles Lakers as champions of the world, there’s been an active off-season so far for many teams in the league. One of those teams that’s made some changes and looks to continue is the Phoenix Suns by sending Shaq-deezy fo Sheezy over to the Cleveland Cavaliers for Ben Wallace and a Euro of some kind. The ESPN world has talked about this trade, some are skeptical of the Cavs chances at a title considering that Shaq is now 37 years old and virtually a shell of his former self. I say that whenever you put a 7′2 335 lbs human tank in the middle of the paint it can cause problems for any team. Another reason to be a little concerned by the Cavs is that this Diesel is now paired with one who many claim to be the Messianic Savior of the NBA sitting at the right hand of Michael Jordan’s throne above the heights of the basketball heavens…LeBron James. Not only is LeBron James playing like a cheat code in a basketball video game, but the guy is a bombastic out-going energetic personality. In fact, the whole team’s locker room is already known for their pre-game antics with stunts such as this:
You add to that crazy group of guys the man who deems himself now the “Colossal Cavalier” –
and you’ve got a locker room that will make you wet yourself of laughter before you even get on the court.
Meanwhile on the Phoenix Suns front…well…it’s hot outside…and…well I guess the question would be is what exactly is the direction of their team? Who knows but whatever happens unfortunately I don’t think they won’t be sniffing a Western Conference Finals for quite some time, and that’s very sad to say after remembering the not so distant team they had with Joe Johnson, Quentin Richardson, Eddie House, etc..
Shaq felt like he could sum up everything he was feeling about the transition from Phoenix to Cleveland in a new rap, here it is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ylarBerl78
Well, I guess some were inspired by his artistic pioneering and have devoted entire studios to LEGO creations. El Scorpio pointed me towards this one. Click to view even more.
I’m still marveling at how he was able to get so many bricks of just one color.
Finnegan is undergoing intense medical treatment. Get updates for informed prayers at his CaringBridge site.
My friend is a chaplain in the military and needs some resources as he counsels soldiers.
Here's what the soldiers are asking for.
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Chaplain (CPT) Vincent Garcia
Battalion Chaplain
40th Expeditionary Signal Battalion
APO AE 09342
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