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10 thoughts on “Paul’s Daily Three for September 30, 2018”
Okay, I have to go with the one for whom I’m named after, The Mona Lisa. Behavior tends to be heavily influenced by thought and emotion. Discipline goes a long way, but when it comes to the basics of survival, that tends to top all other factors. That’s why addiction is such a strong motivator, the brain “needs.” However, we still have the capacity to transcend behavior with willpower. Sooo…the answer is — it all depends. My Cape would probably be tie-dye with sparkles!😎
Mona
PAINTING
My very favorite painting is Gustav Klimt’s “The Kiss”; I dressed up as it for Halloween one year, own a fetching pair of bright yellow Kiss socks that I am not above wearing to work, and I suspect I will be receiving a reproduction of it for our hallway for my birthday this year; the SO got a suspicious gleam in his eye when I started waxing rhapsodic about the topic at the Legion earlier this month. They had a Klimt exhibition, which I greatly enjoyed, though not that particular painting, alas. I don’t think I could put into brief words why it so captivates me; it is a profoundly unsettled image, with masculinity and femininity, movement and stillness, the blocky and the curvolinear so hopelessly entangled that you start to forget which is which. It’s alchemy in paint. Not the lead-into-gold kind, the humanity-striving-for-quintessence kind. Sorry, I always get like this over the Viennese Seccessionists. It’s catching, I guess.
MOTIVE
I think this depends heavily on how skilled the actor is, both at doing whatever they meant to do, and communicating that intent to involved parties. It can matter quite a lot, but turning your desired outcome into a real one is not something that just happens… it takes forethought, mindfulness, patience, and talent. The problem with people who plead motive to excuse behavior is that they are not respecting the fact that if their stated goal did not match the experienced result, that must mean they failed in reaching their goal.
SUPERHERO
Science section blue, just like my man Spock.
Okay, I have to go with the one for whom I’m named after, The Mona Lisa. Behavior tends to be heavily influenced by thought and emotion. Discipline goes a long way, but when it comes to the basics of survival, that tends to top all other factors. That’s why addiction is such a strong motivator, the brain “needs.” However, we still have the capacity to transcend behavior with willpower. Sooo…the answer is — it all depends. My Cape would probably be tie-dye with sparkles!😎
Mona
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I like tie dyed with sparkles.
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PAINTING
My very favorite painting is Gustav Klimt’s “The Kiss”; I dressed up as it for Halloween one year, own a fetching pair of bright yellow Kiss socks that I am not above wearing to work, and I suspect I will be receiving a reproduction of it for our hallway for my birthday this year; the SO got a suspicious gleam in his eye when I started waxing rhapsodic about the topic at the Legion earlier this month. They had a Klimt exhibition, which I greatly enjoyed, though not that particular painting, alas. I don’t think I could put into brief words why it so captivates me; it is a profoundly unsettled image, with masculinity and femininity, movement and stillness, the blocky and the curvolinear so hopelessly entangled that you start to forget which is which. It’s alchemy in paint. Not the lead-into-gold kind, the humanity-striving-for-quintessence kind. Sorry, I always get like this over the Viennese Seccessionists. It’s catching, I guess.
MOTIVE
I think this depends heavily on how skilled the actor is, both at doing whatever they meant to do, and communicating that intent to involved parties. It can matter quite a lot, but turning your desired outcome into a real one is not something that just happens… it takes forethought, mindfulness, patience, and talent. The problem with people who plead motive to excuse behavior is that they are not respecting the fact that if their stated goal did not match the experienced result, that must mean they failed in reaching their goal.
SUPERHERO
Science section blue, just like my man Spock.
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I love “The Kiss” too, although it’s not quite my favorite. I’d go with an impressionistic work for that.
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Flaming June by Frederic Leighton is a favorite of mine. Redhead bias.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flaming_June#/media/File:Flaming_June,by_Frederic_Lord_Leighton(1830-1896).jpg
That’s just one though… I have a bunch of favorites. What are some of yours?
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Oh, that’s a beautiful painting, Sarah! I’d have to go with Monet’s Water Lily series.
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Oooh, those are pretty! Very peaceful yet vibrant.
I find water very difficult to draw, but am always entranced by other’s depictions of it.
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Does any of Banksy’s work count?
I think this one more depends on a matter of circumstances.
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Sure Banksy counts. What he does is certainly art.
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Good, lol, I love Banksy’s work
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